Mexicali Pasta Salad

Recipes Ingredients:

8 oz Tri-color Pasta Spirals; *
1 tb Cilantro; Fresh, Snipped
6 ea Tomatillos; Sm., **
2 tb Vegetable Oil
1/2 ea Jalapeno Chile; ***
1/2 ts Lime Peel; Grated
20 oz Pineapple Chunks; ****
1/4 ts Salt

Recipe Instructions:

* 3 Cups of uncooked Pasta should be used. ** Each tomatillo should be cut into 8 wedges. *** The jalapeno should be seeded and finely chopped. **** The pineapple chunks should be the ones canned in their own juice. Drain but reserve 2 Tbls of the juice. Cook the Pasta as directed on the package and drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Mix the pasta, tomatillos, chile and pineapple. Mix the reserved Juice and the remaining ingredients. Pour over the Pasta mixture and toss. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.