Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, garden pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse under cold water, and drain. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse under cold water, and drain.
Garden pasta salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Garden pasta salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have garden pasta salad using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Garden pasta salad:
- Take 1 medium cucumber
- Get 1 medium yellow summer squash
- Make ready 1 medium zucchini
- Take 1 medium sweet red pepper
- Make ready 1 medium green pepper
- Prepare 4 cup fresh broccoli florets
- Prepare 3 cup fresh cauliflowerets
- Get 1 small red onion finely copped
- Prepare 2 packages Italian salad dressing mix
- Get 4 1/2 cup uncooked bow tow pasta or your choice of noodles…. I tried wheat noodles this time :-)
- Take 1/4 cup olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- Prepare 3/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper
- Get 1 cup *optional**cranraisons, or cranberry or raisons
- Make ready 3/4 cup **optional ** sliced fresh mushrooms
- Take 3/4 cup optionaldiced tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 cup **optional ** sliced or diced depending on taste and size celery
Drain and rinse pasta in cold water; add to vegetables. Vegetables will lightly steam in pasta. Place pasta in a large salad bowl. Top with three-fourths of the dressing and lightly toss.
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
Place pasta in a large salad bowl. Top with three-fourths of the dressing and lightly toss. Pasta Salad Pointer: To keep your salad moist, toss the cooked pasta in lemon juice and olive oil, then refrigerate overnight. Searching for the Ina Garten Pasta Salad? Whisk mayonnaise, yogurt, oil, vinegar (or lemon juice), garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl until smooth.
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