Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives
Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives

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Rainbow garden Pasta Salad is one of my favorite salads ever! This amazing one-bowl meal gets its bright colors and flavors from multicolored, multi-flavored (spinach and tomato flavored) rotini or spiral pasta, black olives, orange carrots, green dill pickles, fresh dill, green peppers and red. All Reviews for Rainbow Pasta Salad II.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have rainbow garden pasta salad with dill and olives using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives:
  1. Make ready 1 cup multicolored rotini or spiral pasta
  2. Prepare 3-4 red radishes/1 small white radish, peeled and sliced
  3. Take 1/2 cup julienned or cubed green pepper/capsicum
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup julienned or cubed yellow bell pepper
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
  6. Prepare 1/4 cup olives (black or green), sliced
  7. Get 1/4-1/2 cup dill pickles, sliced
  8. Take 1/2 cup sliced red onions
  9. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped dill leaves
  10. Take 1/4 cup grated carrots
  11. Make ready Additional salad toppings:
  12. Take as needed Crumbled blue cheese/feta cheese/paneer
  13. Make ready as needed Shredded or cubed cheese (cheddar)
  14. Make ready 2 tbsp Raisins
  15. Get 1 tbsp Walnuts
  16. Get 5-6 Dates etc
  17. Take For the Italian dressing or vinaigrette:
  18. Make ready 1/2 cup salad oil or olive oil
  19. Prepare 2 tablespoons vinegar (white or red wine)
  20. Prepare 3 tablespoons water
  21. Take 1 large garlic, grated
  22. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (or Italian seasoning)
  23. Make ready to taste Salt and pepper
  24. Prepare to taste Red pepper flakes (optional)

Plus, it's easy to make, tossed with a zesty Italian herb vinaigrette, and absolutely delicious! I love pasta salad and this one is the best I've had. The artichokes, olives, and pepperoncini, along. Allow time for this delicious salad to marinate in the refrigerator before serving.

Instructions to make Rainbow Garden Pasta Salad with Dill and Olives:
  1. To make the dressing - Place all the ingredients in a tight fitting jar and shake well. Taste the vinaigrette and adjust seasonings. Keep aside.
  2. To make the pasta salad - Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain thoroughly, rinse with cold water and keep aside. - In a large salad bowl, add other salad ingredients to the cooled pasta; drizzle half the dressing and mix well.
  3. Adjust the seasoning (salt and pepper) according to taste. - If needed add more dressing. - Toss well and chill until serving time.
  4. When ready to serve, toss again; add more dressing if needed along with other toppings like raisins, walnuts, spinach leaves, chopped dates, crumbled blue cheese or cheddar cheese, croutons etc. - Serve immediately. - Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
  5. Notes: - This salad can be prepared a day ahead and chilled in the refrigerator (develops more flavor) until serving time. - You can add a little of the pickle juice (from the jar of pickles) to the dressing or in the salad for additional flavor. - Have fun with other vegetables for different flavors, texture and crunch. - Squeeze some lemon or lime juice for added vitamins and tang. - Instead of dill, you can use cilantro or even mint leaves.

Set aside to cool and drain. This lightly dressed pasta salad gets lots of flavor from Kalamata olives and basil. A colorful mix of diced bell pepper, shredded carrot and I used black olive tapenade in place of the chopped kalamata olives.and balsamic vinegar for the red wine vinegar. Iused plain Greek yogurt in the dressing for an. I used Gluten-Free pasta and my Easy As an added bonus, this salad looks pretty pretty too - I love the rainbow effect of the pickled red onions, shredded carrot, and fresh herbs!

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