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Tasty Creamy Pasta Salad Recipe
Marie

Creamy Pasta Salad Recipe

This is the most delicious pasta salad with lots of colour, texture, and a lush creamy dressing.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Calories: 271
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Salad:
  • 8 ounces of Ditalini pasta or any short cut tubular pasta
  • ½ cup of chopped broccoli florets
  • ½ red onion peeled and minced
  • ½ red bell pepper trimmed and minced
  • 1 cup peeled seeded, and cubed cucumber
  • 12 pitted black olives drained, dried, and sliced
  • ½ cup cubed Colby cheese
For the dressing:
  • ½ cup good quality mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper

Method
 

  1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of lightly salted water according to the package directions until al dente. Drain. Rinse under cold running water until cold and drain well. Place into a mixing bowl.
  2. Add the chopped broccoli, minced onion, minced bell pepper, sliced olives, cucumber, and cheese. Thoroughly combine.
  3. Whisk together all of the dressing ingredients until totally amalgamated. Gently fold the dressing into the salad ingredients until everything is evenly coated. Cover tightly and chill until ready to serve, or for at least 1 hour.
  4. Transfer to a serving bowl when you are ready to serve.