Pasta Salad

The pasta salad is easy to make, fresh, flavorful, filling as well as healthy. Being a cold salad it is an excellent compliment to the Southern California summer heat. These days it also fits into our summer dishes very well.No. of Servings: 3-4Preparation Time: 15 minsIngredients:For salad:½ cup Wheat Pasta½ Yellow Bell Pepper½ Red Bell Pepper½ Green Bell Pepper¼ cup Cherry Tomatoes1 Carrot4 Spring Onions2/3 cup Lettuce½ Jalapeno (optional)¼ cup Boiled Broccoli5-6 Pitted Olives slicedFor Dressing:1 tbsp Olive oil6 tbsp Vinegar1 tbsp fresh chopped Parley1 tsp fresh chopped Basil 1 tsp dried Oregano½ tsp Italian Seasoning½ tsp Garlic pasteSalt & pepper to tasteMethod :Boil Pasta & let it coolMix all the ingredients of dressing & keep asideCut all Veggies in bite sizeMix veggies & PastaAdd in the dressing & tossKeep it in refrigerator for half atleast ½ hours and let it marinateServe Cold

Basic Salad Recipe

Few days back Kartik & I decided to go light on food in the evenings and so decided to go with soup & salad few times a week. So I started hunting for different kinds of salads, salad dressings & soups. Here below is the basic salad which goes well with different dressings.

No. of Servings : 3-4 persons
Preparation Time : 15 mins


Ingredients :

• 1 cup lettuce
• ½ cup cherry tomato (split into 2)
• ½ Bell pepper
• 3 spring onions
• 1 cucumber
• 1 carrot
• ½ cup boiled Garbanzo Beans

Method :

• Chop all veggies in bite size
• Put Beans & all veggies on the salad platter and mix well
• Enjoy with any ready salad dressings or homemade dressings.

Tips/Variations :
One can substitute Garbanzo beans with any variety of beans.