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Rainbow garden Pasta Salad is one of my favorite salads ever! This amazing one-bowl meal gets its bright colors and flavors from multicolored, multi-flavored (spinach and tomato flavored) rotini or spiral pasta, black olives, orange carrots, green dill pickles, fresh dill, green peppers and red tomatoes along with radishes in a tangy homemade vinaigrette. Great recipe for Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives. An easy and delicious cold salad with lots of flavors, textures and colors from healthy tricolor pasta, crunchy vegetables and tangy dill pickles.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have rainbow garden pasta salad with dill and olives using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives:
- Make ready multicolored rotini or spiral pasta
- Take red radishes/1 small white radish, peeled and sliced
- Make ready julienned or cubed green pepper/capsicum
- Make ready julienned or cubed yellow bell pepper
- Prepare tomatoes, chopped
- Get olives (black or green), sliced
- Take dill pickles, sliced
- Make ready sliced red onions
- Get chopped dill leaves
- Prepare grated carrots
- Get Additional salad toppings:
- Prepare Crumbled blue cheese/feta cheese/paneer
- Take Shredded or cubed cheese (cheddar)
- Take Raisins
- Take Walnuts
- Prepare Dates etc
- Prepare For the Italian dressing or vinaigrette:
- Make ready salad oil or olive oil
- Get vinegar (white or red wine)
- Make ready water
- Make ready large garlic, grated
- Prepare dried oregano (or Italian seasoning)
- Prepare Salt and pepper
- Take Red pepper flakes (optional)
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Whisk mayonnaise, yogurt, oil, vinegar (or lemon juice), garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl until smooth. Add the pasta and toss to coat. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, carrots, scallions, olives and basil; toss to coat well.
Instructions to make Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives:
- To make the dressing - Place all the ingredients in a tight fitting jar and shake well. Taste the vinaigrette and adjust seasonings. Keep aside.
- To make the pasta salad - Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain thoroughly, rinse with cold water and keep aside. - In a large salad bowl, add other salad ingredients to the cooled pasta; drizzle half the dressing and mix well.
- Adjust the seasoning (salt and pepper) according to taste. - If needed add more dressing. - Toss well and chill until serving time.
- When ready to serve, toss again; add more dressing if needed along with other toppings like raisins, walnuts, spinach leaves, chopped dates, crumbled blue cheese or cheddar cheese, croutons etc. - Serve immediately. - Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
- Notes: - This salad can be prepared a day ahead and chilled in the refrigerator (develops more flavor) until serving time. - You can add a little of the pickle juice (from the jar of pickles) to the dressing or in the salad for additional flavor. - Have fun with other vegetables for different flavors, texture and crunch. - Squeeze some lemon or lime juice for added vitamins and tang. - Instead of dill, you can use cilantro or even mint leaves.
Add the pasta and toss to coat. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, carrots, scallions, olives and basil; toss to coat well. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Add tomatoes, green pepper, cheese, onions and olives. In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
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