Description
An easy and tasty pasta salad you can make at home for an easy lunch, family meal or even as a side dish for a BBQ
Ingredients
For the dressing:
120ml olive oil
60ml red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
For the pasta salad:
1/4 medium red onion, finely chopped
225g dried pasta, such as fusilli
225g cherry tomatoes, halved
1 small cucumber, quartered lengthwise, then thinly sliced
110g fresh light/low fat mozzarella drained and chopped
coarsely chopped fresh parsley leaves, optional
Instructions
Mix up the dressing first and add the diced red onions to the dressing
Cook the pasta for 12 min in boiling heavily salted water.
After draining, dunk the strainer of pasta in an ice bath (equal parts ice and water in a large bowl) and get it cold fast!
Mix and chill the salad for at least 30 minutes
Notes
Pasta salad keeps well in the fridge for about five days, so it can easily be made in advance.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Portion
- Calories: 513
- Sugar: 4.7 g
- Sodium: 368.1 mg
- Fat: 29.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48.2 g
- Protein: 17 g