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’m Pasta lover this post is perfect to me. hello Tammi. I think Garden-Fresh Pasta Salad is a great recipe for weight loss.
I used to make a 7 layer salad but it demanded a lot of mayonnaise. I love pasta and tomatoes so this Garden-fresh -pasta salad may be my next favorite one. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you so much for this recipe.
This salad looks so deliciously refreshing.Eeryone loves the fresh veggies in it and the awesome dressing.I make this one for the family a lot.Thanks.
This salad looks so good. I love salads and can’t wait until our garden is planted and producing tomato’s, green peppers etc. Nothing better than fresh vegtables. This is one recipe I will be making. Will be pinning this for later. Yummy!
I love pasta salads, I use Radiatori in my pasta salads as I think it stays in shape better. I usually use a mayo based dressing.
This looks so good, we have tired about 10 recipes of yours not including deserts and we loved every one! Thanks for sharing all these 🙂
Thanks for the recipe. This looks delicious and I need a new pasta salad.