Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad
This Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad recipe uses fresh but common ingredients, and total ease in making it. Plus, I just cannot get enough cherry tomatoes right now!
Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad
Don’t forget to try this delicious Taco Salad or this amazing BLT Pasta Salad! My current favourite is Dill Pickle Pasta Salad.
For a salad that is a meal, try this amazing Oriental Chicken Salad – a current favourite with myself and my kids!
Most of the pasta salads I make are mayo-based. Which is great, but sometimes it’s good for the soul {and tummy} to break free from the usual and try a new recipe.
This, my friends, is how you find true gems that are welcomed into your recipe box, to be made regularly.
This is the case with Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad, a recipe I found on the Kraft Canada website. What drew me to this recipe was the fresh {but common} ingredients, and the ease of making it. Plus, I just cannot get enough cherry tomatoes right now!
Result? Love!
I admire a salad recipe that can be made ahead and one which tastes even better the next day. It’s hard to come by for salads!
This summer recipe fits well with busy days, when you might only have prep time in the early morning. When you have this Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad recipe ready and waiting for you, you might now hit that drive-thru either. It also goes without saying that it’s a perfect one to compliment that BBQ meal!
My husband literally said after the first bite, ‘wow, very fresh!‘. I laughed and told him that actually, ‘fresh’ is in the name of the recipe, very ironic.
Admitingly, he was very skeptical of this at first.. Yet after finishing his serving and while reaching for seconds he said he wouldn’t mind if I made this one again. Summer-salad score!
Thing is, summer is a great time to utilize the freshest food you can find, and there’s nothing like a cool and tasty pasta salad on a hot day.
Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups whole wheat farfalle (bow-tie pasta, uncooked)
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 red onion (chopped)
- 1 red pepper (chopped)
- 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 bottle Calorie-Wise Sun-Dried Tomato & Oregano Dressing (250 mL)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Light Grated Cheese
Instructions
- Cook pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt and adding broccoli to the boiling water the last 3 min.
- Drain; rinse with cold water. Place in large bowl. Add all remaining ingredients except cheese; mix lightly.
- Refrigerate 1 hour. Stir gently before serving; top with cheese.
Notes
Substitute 1-inch asparagus pieces for the broccoli florets.
I love all this idea for a quick and healthy summer time dinner!
I have never tried that salad dressing but it sounds delicious as does your salad!
Looks so yummy. Will have to try it
This sounds like a great summer recipe! Will have to try this for our next BBQ
Mmmm, this looks so yummy and light for summer. I want to make this!!
I am always looking for new pasta recipes. This looks so refreshing and tasty. Thanks
Wow, looks so great! I do love finding recipes that feel lighter when you are eating them but still satisfying.
This looks likes an absolutely yummy summer salad. Thank you for sharing, I’m always looking for something different to have when we BBQ and I love that it’s made with fresh veggies I usually have on hand.
YUM! That looks so good! Kraft is one of my favorite brands!
Pinned it because I am soo gonna make this for the next barbecue!
I love fresh pasta salads. I would add feta cheese, instead of parm. Tomatoes are my fave !
Mmmm, sounds delicious! I love the light dressing – perfect for summer!
This looks so delish! I love to make pasta salads in the Summer!
I love pasta salads. Do if find they taste better when someone else makes them ? 😉
I love pasta salad. That looks absolutely delicious!