Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, summer pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Summer Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Summer Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must 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:
- Prepare 2 Cups Cooked Wholewheat Pasta (I use Rotini)
- Get 2 Nectarines
- Get 2 Cups Rocket
- Make ready 2 Large Tomato’s (any tomato will work)
- Get 1/2 Large Cucumber
- Prepare 1/2 White Onion
- Take 1 Cup Feta Cheese
- Get 1 Bunch Fresh Basil
- Prepare Handful Fresh Chives
- Prepare Optional: Quorn Chicken (or any protein!)
- Make ready Honey Mustard Dressing
- Prepare 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- Get 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
- Make ready 1 Clove Minced Garlic
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons Honey
- Take to taste Salt & Pepper
But many of them can also star as main dishes for an easy summer. 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. But while pasta is seasonless, the pasta salad screams summer.
Instructions to make Summer Pasta Salad:
- Cook the Pasta (al dente) and set aside to cool. Toss with a little oil to keep from sticking together!
- Dice the vegetables & nectarines into small chunks.
- Finely chop the chives, and tear the basil into small piece.
- Crumble the feta cheese on top.
- 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!
- Pour dressing (as much or as little as you want!) onto the salad & serve!
- 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.
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