Easy Pasta & Corn Salad

This pasta salad is a staple at my cookouts (along with my potato salad). It is so easy, it's almost sinful--yet almost everyone seems to like it. I got this recipe from my mother-in-law, Marie. She got it from a friend, but I'm still going to call it Marie's Pasta Salad as an homage to her! Much like my mother's potato salad, this is usually a little of this and a little of that kind of recipe. However, I tried my best to give some rough measurements. Taste as you go and adjust seasoning accordingly.

MARIE'S PASTA & CORN SALAD

1 lb Ditalini Pasta (cooked al dente in generously salted water)

1 can of whole kernel corn (or 1 pkg frozen corn)

1 -- 1 1/2 cups of Mayo

1 tsp Garlic Powder

Kosher Salt to taste

Ground Black Pepper or more to taste

Drain the cooked pasta. Then rinse with cold water until pasta is completely cool. (If you mix this together when the pasta is hot, the mayo is going to curdle on you--ick!) Don't drain the pasta completely. Put it into a large mixing bowl while it is still fairly wet. The pasta will not soak up the mayo as much this way. Mix in the remaining ingredients. Season with the salt and pepper to taste. I tend to go heavy on the black pepper, but you might prefer less. You can make this pasta salad the day before. If you do, put a little more mayo in than you think is necessary. Otherwise you are going to have a dry pasta salad.

I think chopped tomatoes would be yummy in this but not many in my family like tomatoes...You can add anything your heart desires. The possibilities are endless, but as is this goes great with anything off the grill!