Saturday, December 20, 2014

Pasta Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing






Ingredients

Homemade Italian dressing:
3 tbsp of white vinegar
2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
8 tbsp of olive oil
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoons dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tsp of yellow mustard
Salt to taste

1 green pepper, cut into stripes
1 packet of cherry tomatoes, halved
1 red onion, chopped fine
1 cup of fussili pasta


Instructions
  1. To prepare dressing, whisk all the ingredients of Italian dressing in a large bowl. Taste and adjust to own liking.
  2. Put a pot of water to boil, add 1 tbsp of oil and a generous pinch of salt. When the water is boiling, put in fussili pasta and cook just 1 minutes lesser than usual cooking timing so that the pasta is not overly soft. Transfer pasta into cold water to stop it from cooking, drain pasta.
  3. Pour pasta, cut pepper, cherry tomatoes and chopped onion into the dressing bowl.
  4. Mix well and chill for minimum 2 hours before serving, best when it is chilled overnight before serving.

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