Pasta Salad - Summer Rotini Salad
Tri Colour Rotini Pasta Salad – Rotini Summer Salad is a colourful, refreshing, and versatile dish that brings together tender spiral pasta, crunchy vegetables, and a tangy homemade dressing. Easy to prepare and customise, this cold pasta salad is perfect for summer picnics, family gatherings, potlucks, and everyday lunches.Prepare a bowl, chill it until serving time, and enjoy the fresh flavours in every bite!
Servings: 2
Calories: 200kcal
Ingredients
For the pasta:
- 65 grams pasta
- 2 cups water
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp oil
For the veggies:
- 1 tbsp. mozzarella cheese diced
- ¼ cup black olives halved
- ¼ cup carrots, sliced
- ¼ cup onion diced
- ¼ cup capsicum diced
- ¼ cup cucumber diced
- ¼ cup tomato diced
For the dressing:
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp Italian seasoning
Instructions
- For this pasta salad, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Add the pasta and cook until tender, 5 minutes (check the package for instructions).
- Drain the water, refresh in cold water.
- Toss it with some olive oil, and set it aside to cool.
- Dice the onions, capsicum, tomato, cucumber and cheese; thinly slice the carrot into roundels. Mince the garlic and halve the olives.
- Whisk together olive oil and lemon juice.
- Take the cooked pasta in a large bowl.
- Add the veggies to the pasta and mix together.
- Pour the dressing over it. Season with salt, red pepper flakes and Italian seasoning.
- Toss well.
- Taste and adjust to your liking.
- Serve Rotini Summer Salad chilled. Enjoy!