Balsamic Pasta Salad
"A quick, light and flavorful side dish for any cookout or summer meal."
photo by mightyro_cooking4u
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 78.78 ml balsamic vinegar
- 44.37 ml olive oil
- 1.23 ml pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 9.85 ml dry basil
- 9.85 ml parmesan cheese
- 354.88 ml small shell pasta, of choice uncooked
- 177.44 ml broccoli, chopped into small flowerettes
- 1 red pepper, chopped fine
- 1 green onion, sliced fine
directions
- Whisk first 6 ingredients together to prepare the dressing mix, set aside.
- Cook the pasta of your choice.
- While pasta is cooking, chop broccoli and blanch for 2 minutes.
- Combine cooked pasta, blanched broccoli, chopped red pepper and sliced green onion.
- Pour dressing mix on top of pasta mixture; toss to coat.
- Chill until ready to serve.
- **Note: Preparation can be accomplished while pasta is cooking, making this a very quick dish**.
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Reviews
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I am a terrible cook and this turned out amazing!!! Everyone loved it. It was so flavorful, and it was even more delicious the next day. The next time I make it, I'm going to omit the pasta and I am going to add zucchini, squash, cucumbers, peppers and sundried tomatoes. Thank you for this great recipe!
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Made it with rigatoni and added cherry tomatoes. So good. Quick and easy too! -
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This is a great salad and it's quick to make. I added a few grinds of sea salt to the dressing and also added I few sprigs of fresh basil, chopped, for added color and flavor. Delicious!! -
Fantastic! I used a high quality balsamic(a much sweeter vinegar), doubled the recipe, omitted parmesan (making it vegan), added green bell pepper and subbed a sweet Vidalia onion for the green. I too added salt. I received a ton of compliments on this at a picnic and it will be a new staple for me. Everyone seems to LOVE it! -
This is really refreshing. I did add a bit of salt because it tasted kind of bland, but to each his own. I will make again. Co-workers enjoyed it. I served it with the "Recipe#317093". I didn't have any broccoli, so I added peas and carrots.
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