summer...I can taste it...
Literally.
One of my favorite summer dishes is pasta salad.
It's easy to prepare, very forgiving. Cook your pasta, add veggies, dress. Voila, pasta salad.
I have adapted a recipe I got from my sister. Her pasta salad is famous in our family.
I like to use rotelle or shells. I'll usually throw in a bag of frozen peas (I don't cook them -- I defrost them by placing them in the colander where I'm about to drain my pasta, and let the cooking water do the rest), shredded carrots, red onion, and bell peppers. I don't measure the vegetables, I just cut them up and add them until it looks like "enough".
The dressing? My sister adapted one she found by taking the oil out. I don't have the original recipe, but I put the oil back in. Here's what I use:
2 T honey
1 T honey mustard or Dijon mustard
1/4 C balsamic vinegar
3/4 C extra virgin olive oil
Whisk ingredients together and serve over the pasta salad.
You can use less oil, if you like, or even eliminate the oil altogether.
So simple. And a real taste of summer.
One of my favorite summer dishes is pasta salad.
It's easy to prepare, very forgiving. Cook your pasta, add veggies, dress. Voila, pasta salad.
I have adapted a recipe I got from my sister. Her pasta salad is famous in our family.
I like to use rotelle or shells. I'll usually throw in a bag of frozen peas (I don't cook them -- I defrost them by placing them in the colander where I'm about to drain my pasta, and let the cooking water do the rest), shredded carrots, red onion, and bell peppers. I don't measure the vegetables, I just cut them up and add them until it looks like "enough".
The dressing? My sister adapted one she found by taking the oil out. I don't have the original recipe, but I put the oil back in. Here's what I use:
2 T honey
1 T honey mustard or Dijon mustard
1/4 C balsamic vinegar
3/4 C extra virgin olive oil
Whisk ingredients together and serve over the pasta salad.
You can use less oil, if you like, or even eliminate the oil altogether.
So simple. And a real taste of summer.
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