Garden pasta salad
Garden pasta salad

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, garden pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Garden pasta salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Garden pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook garden pasta salad using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Garden pasta salad:
  1. Prepare 1 medium cucumber
  2. Take 1 medium yellow summer squash
  3. Make ready 1 medium zucchini
  4. Prepare 1 medium sweet red pepper
  5. Prepare 1 medium green pepper
  6. Make ready 4 cup fresh broccoli florets
  7. Take 3 cup fresh cauliflowerets
  8. Make ready 1 small red onion finely copped
  9. Make ready 2 packages Italian salad dressing mix
  10. Prepare 4 1/2 cup uncooked bow tow pasta or your choice of noodles…. I tried wheat noodles this time :-)
  11. Get 1/4 cup olive oil
  12. Prepare 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  13. Make ready 3/4 tsp salt
  14. Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper
  15. Take 1 cup *optional**cranraisons, or cranberry or raisons
  16. Get 3/4 cup **optional ** sliced fresh mushrooms
  17. Prepare 3/4 cup optionaldiced tomatoes
  18. Get 1/2 cup **optional ** sliced or diced depending on taste and size celery

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the broccoli, carrots, peppers and zucchini. Drain and rinse pasta in cold water; add to vegetables. Vegetables will lightly steam in pasta. Place pasta in a large salad bowl.

Steps to make Garden pasta salad:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. if desired , add the optional ingredients, toss again. serve and enjoy !
  4. prep time : about 30 minutes, plus chilling time, plus pasta cooking time ( about 10~ 15 minutes )
  5. makes about 24 1 cup servings

Vegetables will lightly steam in pasta. Place pasta in a large salad bowl. Top with three-fourths of the dressing and lightly toss. Whisk mayonnaise, yogurt, oil, vinegar (or lemon juice), garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl until smooth. Add the pasta and toss to coat.

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