Vegetable Pasta Salad With Cucumber Vinaigrette
This sweet yet savory pasta salad calls for rotini noodles, fresh vegetables and a sweet cucumber vinaigrette.
Makes: 6 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 8 hours
Recipe Created By: Charlyn Fargo
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 8 hours
Recipe Created By: Charlyn Fargo
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Ingredients
- ½ pound rotini pasta noodles, cooked (½ pound equals 2 heaping cups uncooked)
- ½ cup tomatoes, diced
- ½ cup green pepper, diced
- ½ cup celery, diced
- ½ cup broccoli florets
- ½ cup cauliflower florets
- ½ cup frozen peas, thawed
Dressing:
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup cucumber, finely chopped
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup white vinegar
- ½ cup oil
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Cook rotini until al dente, and rinse.
- Combine chopped onion and cucumber in a bowl. Add cooked pasta. Combine remainder of dressing ingredients. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over pasta, and refrigerate overnight.
- The next morning, add all of the vegetables. Add more of each fresh vegetable if desired. Combine with pasta and dressing. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Tips & Notes
Omit or add any vegetables to flavor the pasta salad to your liking.????To cut calories, use less sugar in the dressing.
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