Garden Pasta Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing - a delicious fresh garden salad meets a pasta salad in this ideal BBQ side dish idea for the summer months.
Course
Side Dish
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time10minutes
Total Time30minutes
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
6cupscooked cold pastarotini and fuscilli work well
1/2cupchopped red pepper
1/2cupchopped cucumber
1/2cupsliced red onion
1/2cupchopped tomatoes
1/2cupkalamata olives
1/3cupchopped fresh herbshere I've used mint, basil, oregano and chives
For the Lemon Dijon Dressing
1/2cupplain mayonnaise
1/4cuplemon juicealternatively apple cider vinegar is very good too
zest of 1 lemon
salt and pepper to season
3tbspwhole grain dijon mustard
1tbspsugar
Instructions
Whisk or shake together all of the ingredients for the Lemon Dijon Dressing and toss with all of the other ingredients above.
This salad is best when left for a couple of hours or overnight for the flavours to meld.