Creamy Pasta and Veggie Salad makes a great dinner salad for cool summer eating. It’s also perfect for potlucks and family. However or whenever, this salad makes an appearance it is a well balanced blend of carbs, veggies and proteins. It’s healthy and makes a big salad so it will serve a large number of people – or be a made ahead dinner salad a couple of times for three or four eaters. It’s also a nice change from mayo dressed salads and always disappears quickly. I like for my ingredients to “even out” so there aren’t little bits of leftover ingredients setting around. Three cups of dry pasta is generally about a 16 ounce package. That’s what I use if the dry pasta measures out between 2 ¾ cups and 3 ¼ cups. Any less and the salad won’t have the pasta base needed to carry the other ... [Read More]
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Sweet Pepper Fiesta Salad
I love the bright colors of Sweet Pepper Fiesta Salad. . It just sings party! You can slice the peppers and onion into rings before marinating for a fun party look. Or slice the peppers lengthwise and dice the onion for a side salad. Or you can slice the peppers lengthwise and then cut them into pieces about an inch long, as I did, and used diced onion. With the smaller pieces, you can add the marinated peppers to a tossed salad, put a spoonful on top of a burger or use it to flavor another dish – besides eating it as a salad. Besides its colorful versatility, this combination has several “good for you” benefits! Discovered by Christopher Columbus in the “new world”, the sunshine colors give a hint to the nutrional punch packed by bell peppers, One small red, yellow or orange ... [Read More]
