Creamy Garden Pasta Salad Recipes

CREAMY VEGETABLE PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water in a small saucepan; add broccoli. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-3 minutes; rinse in cold water and drain. In a large bowl, combine the broccoli, pasta, carrots, peas, ham, cheese and onions., In another bowl, combine the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

GARDEN PASTA SALAD WITH CREAMY DILL DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix together salad ingredients in a large salad bowl.
• Mix together dressing ingredients in a small bowl.
• Pour dressing over salad, tossing to coat evenly.
• Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.

CREAMY GARDEN PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cut the squash and zucchini into thin quarter rounds. Thinly slice the red onion. Peel and then grate the carrots using a box grater or large holed cheese grater. Roughly chop the fresh parsley. Place all of these vegetables in a large bowl. You can also add the broccoli if you want it raw, or proceed with the steps below for blanched (lightly cooked) broccoli. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add the pasta and let it continue to boil for 7-10 minutes, or until al dente. While the water is boiling, cut the broccoli crown into small pieces. Add the broccoli pieces to the boiling water with the pasta for the last 60 seconds of cooking. Drain the pasta and broccoli in a colander and rinse briefly with cool water to stop the broccoli from cooking and cool off the pasta. Let them drain really well. While the pasta is cooking, make the creamy dressing by whisking together the buttermilk, mayonnaise, garlic powder, salt, freshly cracked pepper, and lemon juice. Once the pasta has cooled and is very well drained, add it to the bowl with the vegetables. Pour the dressing over top and stir to combine. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to eat. Notes The only difference between this updated recipe and the original is the addition of ¼ tsp of salt and 1 Tbsp of lemon juice to the dressing.

GARDEN PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse under cold water, and drain.
• Mix chopped carrots, celery, cucumber, green pepper, tomatoes, and onion together in large bowl.
• Combine cooled pasta and vegetables together in large bowl. Pour Italian dressing over mixture, add Parmesan cheese and mix well.
• Chill for one hour before serving.

CREAMY GARDEN VEGETABLE PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Total of 2 cups of chopped veggies: Chop peppers, onion and cilantro. If using fresh corn, remove from cob. Place veggies and corn in skillet with about 1-2 tsp of olive oil, sprinkle with Southwest spice mix and simmer for only about 5 min. Remove from heat. Cook bacon and crumble.
• Boil pasta according to package directions, drain and allow to cool. Add veggies, cilantro and bacon and cheese and toss. Add dressing and toss to coat. Salt and pepper to taste and garnish with additional cilantro.
• Allow to chill for at least one hour to allow the flavors to marry.

CREAMY GARDEN VEG PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Boil pasta in heavy salted water, rinse in cold water and set aside. Chopp and dice all veggies.
• Add all veggies to bowl season well with s&p, squeeze 1/2 fresh lemon juice over and mix. Next add pasta followed by dressing, toss well. Sprinkle with fresh herbs and refrigerate for 4hrs or overnight.

CREAMY GARDEN SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms and carrot in oil until crisp-tender. Remove from the heat and set aside., Cook spaghetti according to package directions. In a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, bouillon and thyme until blended; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Reduce heat to low; stir in cheeses until melted. Add the vegetables; cook until heated through. Drain spaghetti; Add to vegetable mixture; toss to coat.