As promised, here is my fresh, easy, quick pasta salad that can be ready in as little as 15 - 20 minutes: in the time elbow macaroni are cooked, veggies can be diced and dressing whipped together- Bon appetite!
ELBOW MACARONI SALAD with BASIL-GARLIC MAYO DRESSING
ELBOW MACARONI SALAD with BASIL-GARLIC MAYO DRESSING
Ingredients for salad:
2 cups cooked elbow macaroni
1 large tomato, diced
1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup sliced black olives
2 scallions, sliced to circles
Directions:
Put all the ingredients into a large enough bowl and toss to combine.
Ingredients for basil-garlic mayo dressing:
1/2 cup basil-garlic mayo
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tbsp sweet&hot deli mustard
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions:
Put all ingredients into a large enough bowl and stir to combine, pour over the elbow macaroni veggie mix, and stir to combine.
Ingredients for topping:
shredded Roman lettuce
fresh blueberries
fresh strawberries
Oh, Mateja, this looks so wonderful and refreshing. The dressing sounds fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteI love pasta salads and yours look very tempting. now, that basil garlic mayo, oh, I better behave myself or my doctor won't be that happy if I pig in
ReplyDeleteLove this quick and easy recipe, sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis salad looks delicious! I like the fact that it is so easy to make and yet so tasty!!
ReplyDeleteThis could be the main course or the side, perfect salad.
ReplyDeleteI like simple salads that are full of flavor and easy to make. It looks like your salad fits the category :)
ReplyDeleteMateja this looks really really good! Great colors!!!
ReplyDeletegood posting about ELBOW MACARONI SALAD with BASIL-GARLIC MAYO DRESSING
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