Garden Pasta Salad Recipe

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2 Reviews

A pasta salad recipe that is easy to make ahead with Cheddar cheese, vegetables and rotini pasta in a sweet-sour dressing.

40 min
Prep Time

8:40
Total Time

12 servings

Ingredients

Salad

12 ounces (3 cups)

uncooked dried rotini (corkscrew or pasta twists)

1 (8-ounce) package (2 cups)

Cheddar cheese, cubed

2 medium (1 cup)

carrots, shredded

1 medium (1/2 cup)

green bell pepper, chopped

5 ribs (2 cups)

celery, chopped

Dressing

1 cup

sugar

1/2 cup

white vinegar or cider vinegar

1/3 cup

vegetable oil

Salt

Pepper

Directions

Cook rotini according to package directions. Rinse with cold water. Drain.
Combine cooked rotini and all remaining salad ingredients in bowl.
Stir together sugar, vinegar and oil in another bowl until sugar dissolves. Pour dressing over salad; toss until well-coated.
Cover; refrigerate, stirring occasionally, 8 hours or overnight until flavors are blended.
Add salt and pepper to taste just before serving.

Recipe Tips

Nutrition Facts (1 serving)

Calories

310

Cholesterol

20mg

Carbohydrates

40g

Protein

9g

Fat

13g

Sodium

150mg

Dietary Fiber

1g

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Rating

Excellent recipe!, I would suggest that you add some iberico ham also called pata negra or jamon iberico, this would greatly improve the taste of the salad while still making it suitable for people on low-fat diets since iberico ham has plenty of full "good cholesterol"! Thank you for an excellent suggestion,

Posted April 06, 2010 by Cerdo

Rating

This recipe was quick. The dressing is so simple too. Next time I will add less sugar. It was a little too sweet for our taste. I added red pepper for more color also. Great recipe.

Posted September 11, 2009 by Ann

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Garden Pasta Salad