sandy and tom's pasta salad

Ingredients For sandy and tom's pasta salad

• 4 oz

  bowtie pasta (or other of your choice) 1 1/3 cups
• 4 oz

  tricolor corkscrew macaroni (or pasta of your choice)
• 1 tsp

  dried crushed red pepper flakes (she omits)
• 1 md

  sweet red pepper cut into thin strips (she cuts into chunks after that)
• 1 md

  yellow squash, halved, sliced lengthwise (and/or zucchini) (sandy omitted, she left it at the store...lol)
• 10 oz

  frozen peas, thawed, or 1 1/2 c fresh peas, cooked and cooled
• 6 oz

  black olives, pitted, drained (another thing she left at the strore, rotfl) (i would omit, as i don't like olives)
• 3 oz

  smoked cheddar cheese, cubed (same size as the pepper)
• 1 c

  unbleached whole almonds, toasted (they never put this into the mix)
• 1/2 c

  green onion, sliced (she puts it on the side if people want to add it since they don't like onions)
• 2 Tbsp

  fresh tarragon, snipped, or 2 t oregano, basil, or dill (sandy used italian seasoning)
• 8 oz

  italian salad dressing
• 2

  hard boiled eggs (she was going to add, but opted not to at the last minute)