Perfect Picnic Pasta Salad Recipe
Perfect Picnic Pasta Salad
Want a perfect picnic salad, here it is. Easy to make and can be served anytime or anywhere. Perfect for the office lunch or even a snack.
Well, I finally took off for a mini holiday in the Baltic sea area. My main interest was to relax, but I had to go out of my way to find new recipes and adventures in food.
Of course, we went to the beach area for a few days and I made this salad for an afternoon lunch. I brought it in a plastic container and we both had our salad at whatever the temperature was that day. The salad lasted us until dinner time, and if filled us up that we were not feeling hunger pains.
Ingredients
Vinaigrette Dressing
3 tbsp. - Dijon mustard
1/4 cup - Apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup - Rice vinegar
1 tsp. - White sugar
3/4 tsp. - Salt, kosher
1/2 tsp. - Cayenne pepper (option)
1/2 cup - Olive oil, added in parts.
2 tsp. - Fresh dill, chopped
2 tsp. - Fresh parsley
1 tsp. - Chives, chopped
1 tsp. - Fresh basil
Salad
1/2 pkg. - Corkscrew pasta
1 cup - Snow peas
1 cup - Finely sliced carrots
1 cup - Broccoli florets, bite-size pieces
1 cup - Cherry tomatoes, sliced
1/4 cup - Finely chopped red onions
1/2 cup - Sliced red bell pepper
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Pesto Pasta Salad
Don't skimp on pesto, and don't be shy with olive oil. If you do, you'll end up staring at a mound of flavour-lacking, dry pesto pasta salad, thinking darn it, I should have just followed the recipe!.
PS Just 2 tablespoons of mayo is the secret here. Just gives an edge of creaminess without weighing it down, plus significantly improves the quality of next-day leftovers - prevents it from drying out.
TIP: Homemade pesto obviously rules here, but if you need to resort to store-bought, get it from the fridge rather than aisle. It's better.
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