Fresh Salads

Pasta salad

Pasta salad is a dish prepared with one or more type of pasta, usually chilled and most often tossed in a vinegar, olive oil, mayonnaise or white-red sauce based dressing. It is typically served as an appetizer or a main course.

Serve:4-6

Ingredients:

  • 400gm.coloured fusilli pasta
  • 7-8 cherry tomatoes
  • ½ cup yellow capsicum (cut square piece)
  • ½ cup red capsicum (cut square piece)
  • ½ cup green capsicum (cut square piece)
  • 2 spring onion (finely chopped)
  • 100gm.cottage cheese(diced)
  • 100gm.lettuce(torn into bite size)
  • ½ cup black olive (removed seed
  • 1-2tbsp.dried herb (like rosemary or any which one you like)
  • 4-5tbsp.olive oil
  • 1-2tbsp.lemonjuice
  • 2-3tbsp. white vinegar
  • 1 ½ black peeper(grounded)
  • Salt to taste

Method:

First place a pot of water over high heat, once water comes to a boil, add pasta. Boil9-10 minutes, drain water and rinse. Set aside.

In a salad bowl, mix together the oil vinegar, lemon juice herb salt black pepper to make a dressing.

Mix all vegetable, pasta and cottage cheese. Drizzle the dressing over and toss very well.

Store in refrigerator to chill.

Serve it.

 

 

 

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