Garden pasta salad

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, garden pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. 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 recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Garden pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life.

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 it.

The ingredients needed to make Garden pasta salad:
  1. Make ready 1 medium cucumber
  2. Prepare 1 medium yellow summer squash
  3. Take 1 medium zucchini
  4. Take 1 medium sweet red pepper
  5. Make ready 1 medium green pepper
  6. Make ready 4 cup fresh broccoli florets
  7. Get 3 cup fresh cauliflowerets
  8. Make ready 1 small red onion finely copped
  9. Make ready 2 packages Italian salad dressing mix
  10. Make ready 4 12 cup uncooked bow tow pasta or your choice of noodles…. I tried wheat noodles this time :-)
  11. Make ready 14 cup olive oil
  12. Make ready 14 cup red wine vinegar
  13. Prepare 34 tsp salt
  14. Prepare 12 tsp pepper
  15. Take 1 cup *optional**cranraisons, or cranberry or raisons
  16. Make ready 34 cup **optional ** sliced fresh mushrooms
  17. Take 34 cup optionaldiced tomatoes
  18. Make ready 12 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.

Instructions 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

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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