Recipe: Delicious Anything goes pasta salad

Anything goes pasta salad. Anything goes pasta salad Need a dinner fast and only have a few ingredients in the house? Here's a great recipe for any day! Light and fresh, pasta salad is perfect for summertime.

Pasta salad is easy to make. The ingredients are simple and flexible, so you can make this when you are inundated by summer produce or you can adapt to what's in season in the fall. ANYTHING GOES PASTA SALAD : Rainbow pasta-cooked till almost done Pepperoni-cut up Cucumber-cut up Green, red, or regular onion-cut up Mushrooms-cut up Cauliflower-cut up Tomato-cut up Zesty Italian dressing Salad Supreme Seasoning. You can cook Anything goes pasta salad using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Anything goes pasta salad

1. Prepare of For the salad.
2. You need 1/2 of onion, chopped.
3. Prepare 1 of carrot, sliced.
4. Prepare 3/4 packages of sliced button mushrooms.
5. It's 2 tbsp of sliced sun dried tomatoes.
6. You need 1 head of broccoli.
7. It's 1 cup of frozen peas, defrosted.
8. You need 1/2 cup of pine nuts, toasted.
9. Prepare 2 small of packages of tortellini (I used one plain cheese and one spinach and cheese).
10. Prepare of For the dressing.
11. It's 1 tbsp of dijon mustard.
12. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of sour cream.
13. You need 1 tbsp of mayonnaise or miracle whip.
14. Prepare 2 tbsp of Italian dressing.
15. Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil, extra virgin.
16. It's 1 of salt.
17. It's 1 of ground black pepper.

Quantity of ingredients is your choice. Add all and pour dressing over. Cook macaroni according to the package directions; drain. Place macaroni in a large bowl.

Anything goes pasta salad instructions

1. Boil tortellini according to o instructions.
2. Chop up then banche broccoli in boiling water for about 10 minutes.
3. Chop up carrots and onion, set aside.
4. Toast pine nuts until golden then set aside.
5. Sauteé mushrooms in extra EVOO. After a couple of minutes add sun dried tomatoes and garlic. Continue to sauteé until the mushrooms are soft and golden. Take off heat and set aside.
6. In a smallish bowl, mix up dressing ingredients.
7. Mix together all the veggies and tortellini in a big bowl then add dressing (use as much or as little dressing as you like!).
8. Add parmesan cheese ontop (if you want!) Serve at room temperature and enjoy :).

In large bowl combine cooked pasta, broccoli slaw, frozen peas, onions, peppers, olives and dressing. Season with garlic powder and pepper to taste. best served the next day. I often add some chopped avocado before eating, or some fresh parmesan. anything goes! If you make this in advance, reserve a bit of the dressing to add right before serving, as the pasta has a tendency to soak up the dressing as it sits over time. Pasta Salad is one of those staple recipes that's been around for as long as we can remember, and for good reason — it's amazingly delicious!