Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, summer pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Summer Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Summer Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Get 2 Cups Cooked Wholewheat Pasta (I use Rotini)
- Make ready 2 Nectarines
- Make ready 2 Cups Rocket
- Prepare 2 Large Tomato’s (any tomato will work)
- Prepare 1/2 Large Cucumber
- Make ready 1/2 White Onion
- Prepare 1 Cup Feta Cheese
- Prepare 1 Bunch Fresh Basil
- Prepare Handful Fresh Chives
- Get Optional: Quorn Chicken (or any protein!)
- Take Honey Mustard Dressing
- Take 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- Make ready 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- Get 2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
- Get 1 Clove Minced Garlic
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons Honey
- Make ready to taste Salt & Pepper
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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