Pasta Salad
This fully-loaded creamy pasta salad is a must-have at your next picnic. A delicious addition to any salad bar.
Servings: 10
Calories: 241kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Dry pasta fusilli, penne or elbows
- 1 Small onion finely diced
- 1 Celery stalk finely diced
- 1 Carrot chopped or shredded
- ½ cup Broccoli chopped
- ½ cup Cauliflower chopped
- ½ Bell pepper diced
- ½ cup Cheese diced
- ½ cup Cooked ham diced
Dressing
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp Sweet green relish
- 1 tsp Mustard
- ½ tbsp Vinegar
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Pepper
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, bring water, with one teaspoon salt added to a boil.
- Add pasta to boiling water and cook until tender. Then boil for one more minute. Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool.
- Meanwhile, prepare vegetables, ham and cheese and place in large bowl. These ingredients are all optional, except the onion and the celery, depending on what you like or have on hand.
- Combine dressing ingredients in a measuring cup.
- Add macaroni to bowl and stir.
- Add dressing and stir until everything is well coated. For a creamier salad, I like to add the dressing no more than an hour before serving so the dressing doesn’t soak into the pasta too much.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 313mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1279IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 1mg