Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, summertime pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Summertime Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Summertime Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Juicy mandarin oranges, crisp and colorful raw vegetables and leafy spinach are tossed with cooked pasta and leftover chicken in a ginger-kissed rice vinegar dressing. If you use the liquid from the canned mandarin oranges when you whisk up the dressing, you can reduce or omit the added sugar. "A wonderful summer salad!" Pour enough pesto into the pasta to lightly coat it once tossed (you might not quite need all of it). Add a small splash of pasta cooking water and toss well.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook summertime pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Summertime Pasta Salad:
- Get 1 box (16 ounce) your favorite pasta
- Get Salt for boiling water
- Make ready 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- Take 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- Take 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
- Get 1 zucchini, peeled and cut into cubes
- Take 1/2 red onion, chopped
- Take 1 red pepper, chopped
- Take 1 can (4.25 ounce) black olives
- Prepare 1 bottle (16 ounce) Greek dressing
Valerie's Kitchen Cook the pasta according to package directions until al dente. Add pasta and all chopped veges to a large salad bowl. Make the dressing by adding all dressing ingredients to a jar and shaking well to combine and pour over the salad or alternatively pour over store bought dressing. In a large kettle, cook pasta according to package directions.
Instructions to make Summertime Pasta Salad:
- Bring pasta to a boil….. Don’t forget to salt your water!!
- Drain pasta, rinse in cold water and return to pot after draining thoroughly……
- Add to pasta your black pepper, garlic powder, parsley flakes, zucchini, red onion, red pepper, black olives and Greek dressing, stir thoroughly……
- Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight, stirring occasionally…..Serve and enjoy 😉!
Pour cooked pasta and water over vegetables to thaw; rinse and drain well. In a small bowl or jar with tight-fitting lid, combine salad dressings, dill and garlic salt until smooth. In a large pot of salted boiling water cook the pasta until al dente, then drain, rinse with cold water and cool. Chop the zucchini, eggplant, capsicums and onion into similar sized pieces. Aim for a size similar to the pasta.
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