Summer Pasta Salad
Summer Pasta Salad

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, summer pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Summer Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Summer Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Summer Pasta Salad II. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Summer pasta salad is always a fan favorite around here! There's just something I love about a fresh cold pasta salad on a hot day.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook summer pasta salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Summer Pasta Salad:
  1. Get 2 Cups Cooked Wholewheat Pasta (I use Rotini)
  2. Prepare 2 Nectarines
  3. Get 2 Cups Rocket
  4. Get 2 Large Tomato’s (any tomato will work)
  5. Take 1/2 Large Cucumber
  6. Take 1/2 White Onion
  7. Prepare 1 Cup Feta Cheese
  8. Make ready 1 Bunch Fresh Basil
  9. Take Handful Fresh Chives
  10. Get Optional: Quorn Chicken (or any protein!)
  11. Get Honey Mustard Dressing
  12. Make ready 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  13. Prepare 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
  14. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
  15. Get 2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
  16. Get 1 Clove Minced Garlic
  17. Take 2 Tablespoons Honey
  18. Make ready to taste Salt & Pepper

Every summer our neighborhood has a huge BBQ at the park across from our house. I find pasta salads, like this Summer Orzo Pasta Salad really easy to make and always a huge hit with guests. When it comes to summer entertaining I know I like to make things as easy as possible with. These summer pasta salad recipes from Food Network are perfect for pairing with your favorite grilling recipes or for accompanying a sandwich on your next picnic trip.

Steps to make Summer Pasta Salad:
  1. Cook the Pasta (al dente) and set aside to cool. Toss with a little oil to keep from sticking together!
  2. Dice the vegetables & nectarines into small chunks.
  3. Finely chop the chives, and tear the basil into small piece.
  4. Crumble the feta cheese on top.
  5. Mix all of the ingredients for the honey mustard in a jar or bowl. If using a jar, add all the ingredients and shake well!
  6. Pour dressing (as much or as little as you want!) onto the salad & serve!
  7. Mix the pasta with all of the vegetable, nectarine, herbs, and if you decide to put in Quorn chicken pieces or other proteins do so.

But while pasta is seasonless, the pasta salad screams summer. From soba noodles dressed in citrus ginger to tender bow ties sprinkled with red pepper flakes and tomatoes, a cool, big bowl of pasta. This Greek Pasta Salad is light and fresh, loaded with garden tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers. In a large bowl, add the pasta, corn, tomatoes, red onion, avocado, and vinaigrette, and mix until well-combined. When we grill, my mother asks me to make this summer pasta salad.

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