Marinated Vegetables And Spaghetti Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
3/4 cup chopped cucumber
3/4 cup halved sliced zucchini
1 small green pepper, cut into bite sliced strips
2 Tbsp. chopped onion
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
3 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon oil
1 tsp. fresh parsley, snipped
3/4 tsp. snipped fresh basil or 1/4 tsp. dried basil, crushed
1 small clove garlic, minced
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
8 oz. broken spaghetti
1 Tbsp. olive oil
Lettuce leaves

Preparation

In large mixing bowl combine first five ingredients.
In a screw top jar combine vinegar, the 3 Tbsp. oil, sugar, lemon juice, parsley, basil, garlic, salt and pepper.
Cover and shake well;
pour over vegetable mixture. Cover and chill 2 to 24 hours. Meanwhile cook spaghetti according to package directions.
Drain; rinse under cold water.
Toss with the 1 Tbsp. olive oil.
Cover and chill.
To serve, spoon vegetables around spaghetti in lettuce lined bowl.
Toss before serving.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.