Friday, June 27, 2008

Pasta Salad

The pasta salad is easy to make, fresh, flavorful, filling as well as healthy. Being a cold salad it is an excellent compliment to the Southern California summer heat. These days it also fits into our summer dishes very well.

No. of Servings: 3-4
Preparation Time: 15 mins



Ingredients:

For salad:
  • ½ cup Wheat Pasta
  • ½ Yellow Bell Pepper
  • ½ Red Bell Pepper
  • ½ Green Bell Pepper
  • ¼ cup Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 Carrot
  • 4 Spring Onions
  • 2/3 cup Lettuce
  • ½ Jalapeno (optional)
  • ¼ cup Boiled Broccoli
  • 5-6 Pitted Olives sliced
For Dressing:
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 6 tbsp Vinegar
  • 1 tbsp fresh chopped Parley
  • 1 tsp fresh chopped Basil
  • 1 tsp dried Oregano
  • ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
  • ½ tsp Garlic paste
  • Salt & pepper to taste
Method :
  • Boil Pasta & let it cool
  • Mix all the ingredients of dressing & keep aside
  • Cut all Veggies in bite size
  • Mix veggies & Pasta
  • Add in the dressing & toss
  • Keep it in refrigerator for half atleast ½ hours and let it marinate
Serve Cold