My Favourite Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• ½ to 1 lb package pasta (OR fusilli, macaroni, orzo, bows, spaghetti or any pasta of your choice) cooked al dente
• 1 small fennel, thinly sliced (keep greenery for decoration, finely chopped)
• 1 head of radicchio, sliced
• Handful of pitted, sliced green olives (OR black olives, sweet pickles, dill pickles)
• 1 can white beans, drained and rinsed (or chickpeas, black beans
• ½ red onion, sliced
• 1/3 cup white wine vinegar (OR white balsamic vinegar)
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil (OR grapeseed oil, canola oil or any healthy oil of your choice)
• Salt and pepper to taste (AND fresh herbs of your choice: basil, parsley, mint, rosemary)
• 2 – 6 ozs cans tuna packed in oil, drained (OR crab, ham, shrimps, pepperoni, chicken, salmon) COOKED AND DICED
• 2 handfuls arugula (mezclun)
• OTHER SUGGESTIONS MAY INCLUDE: broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, artichokes, hearts of palm, croutons, feta, hard cheese, carrots, hard boiled eggs, red cabbage, cucumber, spinach (whole, diced, julienned, sliced or florets).