Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I need some simple cold pasta salad recipes?

please i really need some cold pasta salad recipes and if you do have any recipes can you make it simple and i wanted to know where i could get some spiral pasta bags also can you tell me how to cook itI need some simple cold pasta salad recipes?
Buy:





1 box of tri-color spiral pasta (or shells or bowties)


1 bag of frozen vegetables (California mix is best)


1 pkg sliced mushrooms


1 container cherry or grape tomatoes


1 bottle light Italian salad dressing





Boil a big pot of water %26amp; 1 tsp of salt. Pour in the box of pasta. Cook for 5 minutes and then add the bag of frozen vegetables. Boil for another 5 minutes. Drain and dump into a big bowl or tupperware container with the mushrooms and washed tomatoes. Add the salad dressing and mix well. Stick in the fridge until ready to serve. Stir again before serving.





Most grocery stores should have spiral pasta. All of this should not cost more than 10 dollars or take more than 15-20 minutes in total.I need some simple cold pasta salad recipes?
Chilled Spaghetti Salad


1 pound thin spaghetti, broken into 3-inch pieces


2 cucumbers


1 green bell pepper


2 medium tomatoes


2 medium onions


1 small bottle Italian dressing


1/2 (2 ounce) bottle McCormick's Salad Supreme Seasoning





Cook and drain spaghetti; set aside. Peel cucumbers; remove seeds and cut into small pieces. Cut green pepper, tomatoes and onions into small pieces. Mix all ingredients with the spaghetti including seasoning. Pour Italian dressing over all. Let marinate overnight.












Any grocery store should carry spiral pasta ..... You can just make as much shaped-pasta or macaroni that you want. When it's still hot, mix it with any of the following items: pepperoni, shredded or chunks of mozzarella, peppercinis, olives (green or black), fresh tomatoes, onions, red and/or green pepper - (more of an Italian style) - Toss with any good Italian or vignarette dressing.. or: cubed cucumber, fresh tomatoes, chopped onions, kalamata olives - toss with Greek Salad Dressing.......Or just add in anything else you like, and use whatever salad dressings you like.
cook pasta in lots of boiling salted water for few minutes ( take some and taste if it is done or not yet because every one is different).





However it takes from 5-10 minutes to be cooked. Then drain.





Add olive oil, green or black olives, mayonnaise, shereded carrot,tuna and any other vegetable you like.





Mix all toghether then leave it in the fredge for an hour





You might need to add some more oil and mayonnaise before serving it because usually pasta absorbs lots of them.





enjoy






The Ranch Bacon Pasta in a box is even better when I add sun dried tomatoes. Baked Mac %26amp; Swiss Cheese: Mix only half of a small Whipping Cream in quart pan with half stick of butter. Add Hot Sauce. Then add 2 cups milk %26amp; bag of swiss cheese. Let it thicken. You should have already boiled noodles in separate pan. Strain noodles then mix in Cheese Sauce into large quart casserole dish for baking %26amp; Add half of other bag of cheese or whole bag to the top(shredded). You can mix up the kind of Cheese %26amp; use pepper jack or chedder. Must bake 30 min.


Wish I could remember the oriental pasta recipe -sorry.
I like orzo (small rice-shaped pasta) salad. Most grocery stores sell orzo, and you cook it according to the directions on the box. Then chop up some red and green bell peppers, red onion, and carrots. Add chick peas (from a can, but drain out the liquid) and a little olive oil vinaigrette.
cook your macaroni, boil till done, run cold water over , add, olives, onion (chopped), tuna, cucumber, mayonaise, your taste of seasoning, mix all together and chill.
boil pasta (preferrable spiral noodles) til tender, stir in italian or greek dressing, sprinkle in a pretty good amount of grated parmesan cheese(like what you sprinkle on top of spaghetti, nothing special) DONE!!
Boil Paste add Salt to taste


Drain





Ingredients to add (to taste)





Mayonaise


Mustard (not a MUST) mstly for color


Pepper


Diced Onions


Olives (not a MUST)





Mix





BAM. Done
pasta


cooked turkey escalope (cold)


cucumber


tomato


pinion of pine


salad


vinaigrette

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