Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, garden pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Garden pasta salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Garden pasta salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Reviews for: Photos of Garden Pasta Salad. A fresh twist on a classic, this Garden Pasta Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing is full of fresh summer veggies and tossed with a tangy, quick vinaigrette. Garden Pasta Salad is another tasty pasta salad recipe. Lots of garden veggies are tossed with pasta and two types of cheese and coated in a tasty vinaigrette.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have garden pasta salad using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Garden pasta salad:
- Prepare 1 medium cucumber
- Take 1 medium yellow summer squash
- Get 1 medium zucchini
- Get 1 medium sweet red pepper
- Take 1 medium green pepper
- Take 4 cup fresh broccoli florets
- Prepare 3 cup fresh cauliflowerets
- Get 1 small red onion finely copped
- Get 2 packages Italian salad dressing mix
- Take 4 1/2 cup uncooked bow tow pasta or your choice of noodles…. I tried wheat noodles this time :-)
- Get 1/4 cup olive oil
- Prepare 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- Make ready 3/4 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper
- Take 1 cup *optional**cranraisons, or cranberry or raisons
- Get 3/4 cup **optional ** sliced fresh mushrooms
- Take 3/4 cup optionaldiced tomatoes
- Take 1/2 cup **optional ** sliced or diced depending on taste and size celery
I used veggie spirals and added some onion and salt as well. Loved all components of this wonderful, full of taste cooling salad. I used my fresh grape tomatoes from the. This garden pasta salad is easy to make and comes together quickly.
Steps to make Garden pasta salad:
- wash the first 5 ingredients, but do not dry: chop and transfer to a large Bowl. add the remaining vegetables ( not tomatoes or mushrooms yet, they should be added just before serving). sprinkle with dry dressing mix; toss to coat. refrigerate , covered , 4~6 he's or overnight.
- cook pasta according to package. drain. rinse with cold water. add to the vegetable mixture. in a small bowl , whisk together the remaining ingredients. add to the salad : toss to cost.
- if desired , add the optional ingredients, toss again. serve and enjoy !
- prep time : about 30 minutes, plus chilling time, plus pasta cooking time ( about 10~ 15 minutes )
- makes about 24 1 cup servings
I used my fresh grape tomatoes from the. This garden pasta salad is easy to make and comes together quickly. It's a cold pasta salad that's made with rotini, tomatoes, cucumbers and a light homemade oil and vinegar dressing. This tasty garden pasta salad is loaded with fresh chopped vegetables. The lemony pesto and mayonnaise dressing flavors the salad perfectly.
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