How to Make a Delicious Pasta Salad

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Want to try something new and nutritious? Why not try the pasta salad, instead of eating the same green salad again and again? Pasta salad is a dish with chilled pasta and most often tossed in vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise dressing.
Sounds interesting? If yes, then I have here a good healthy recipe for pasta salad.
How to make pasta salad
Recipe 1
Ingredients
- 4 oz of pasta
- 3 large red peppers
- 1–2 Red Bermuda onions
- 2 head broccoli
- 4 zucchini
- 1 pepperoni stick
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- Oil and vinegar
Instructions
- Chop the red peppers and onions, then cube the zucchini and cut the broccoli into small pieces.
- Fill ¾ of water in a pot and place it on flame. When the water is boiling, add 2 tbsp of olive oil and mix the pasta.
- Let the pasta become tender and make sure to stir it occasionally so that it won’t stick to the bottom of the pot.
- When the pasta becomes tender, drain the excess water and rinse it and let it cool.
- Put the large red peppers into a bowl, including the red bermuda onions, broccoli, zucchini, and pepper stick.
- Chop the basil and add them into the bowl followed by pasta then salt and pepper and a dose of oil and vinegar.
- Mix all the ingredients and place it inside the refrigerator to let it cool.
Recipe 2
Ingredients
- 10 cups of pasta
- 2 ½ cups of mixed vegetables ( tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, yellow peppers, red peppers, and broccoli)
- ½ cup of cheese
- 1/3 cup of black olives
- 1 cup of Italian Salad Dressing
- 2–4 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Put ¾ of water in a pot and place it on flame. When the water starts boiling put the 2 tbsp olive oil in and mix the pasta.
- Let the pasta cook in the water until it gets tender. To make sure it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot, you have to stir it occasionally.
- When the pasta becomes tender, drain the excess water and rinse it and let it cool down.
- Take a serving bowl then put the pasta in it, then you add the mixed vegetables, cheese, black olives. Mix well.
- Keep the salad in the refrigerator to let it cool.

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