Smoked Gouda Pasta Salad

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INGREDIENTS

1 pound penne pasta

1 garlic clove, minced

1/3 cup olive oil

1/2 pound smoked Gouda, cut into 1/4-inch cubes

1 (7-ounce) jar sun-dried tomatoes, drained and thinly sliced

2 cups arugula

1 shallot, chopped

1 jar pickled artichokes, chopped

DIRECTIONS

1. Cook pasta in salted boiling water according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water.
2. Add next 6 ingredients and cooked pasta. Mix well, and chill 1 hour before serving.(Instead of using just olive oil, I used the olive oil from the sun-dried tomato jar and some of the artichoke jar).

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