Steps to Prepare Ultimate Summer Pasta Salad

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, summer pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Summer Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Summer Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook summer pasta salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Summer Pasta Salad:

1. Take 2 Cups Cooked Wholewheat Pasta (I use Rotini)
2. Take 2 Nectarines
3. Make ready 2 Cups Rocket
4. Get 2 Large Tomato’s (any tomato will work)
5. Get 1/2 Large Cucumber
6. Prepare 1/2 White Onion
7. Take 1 Cup Feta Cheese
8. Make ready 1 Bunch Fresh Basil
9. Make ready Handful Fresh Chives
10. Get Optional: Quorn Chicken (or any protein!)
11. Get Honey Mustard Dressing
12. Make ready 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
13. Prepare 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
14. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
15. Get 2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
16. Make ready 1 Clove Minced Garlic
17. Take 2 Tablespoons Honey
18. Take to taste Salt & Pepper

Steps to make Summer Pasta Salad:

1. Cook the Pasta (al dente) and set aside to cool. Toss with a little oil to keep from sticking together!
2. Dice the vegetables & nectarines into small chunks.
3. Finely chop the chives, and tear the basil into small piece.
4. Crumble the feta cheese on top.
5. Mix all of the ingredients for the honey mustard in a jar or bowl. If using a jar, add all the ingredients and shake well!
6. Pour dressing (as much or as little as you want!) onto the salad & serve!
7. Mix the pasta with all of the vegetable, nectarine, herbs, and if you decide to put in Quorn chicken pieces or other proteins do so.

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