Cold Pasta Salad
Created by All Foods Natural Team, Saturday, 08 November 2008
Description This pasta salad is prepared with mushrooms and peppers, with a poppy seed, tomato flavored dressing, and served chilled.
Ingredients
At a glance
Cuisine
Difficulty
Special Diets
Seasonal
Serves
6
Salad
  • 8 oz pasta shapes
  • 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
  • 4 green onions, finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper, cored, seeds removed, and cut into thin strips
  • 1 green pepper, cored, seeds removed, and cut into thin strips

Dressing

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 3 Tbs white wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbs tomato puree
  • 1 tsp poppy seeds
  • 2 tsp herbes de Provence
  • 2 tsp salt
Methods/steps
  1. Mix together the oil, vinegar, tomato puree, poppy seeds, herbes the Provence and salt to make the dressing.
  2. Cook the pasta shapes in plenty of boiling salted water for 10 minutes -or as indicated in the instructions- and drain.
  3. Pour the dressing over the pasta and stir until the shapes are well coated with dressing. Cool completely.
  4. Add the vegetables and stir to distribute evenly and to coat them in the dressing as well. Chill before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Servings: 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

 

 

Serving size: 1 serving

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

 
       
Amount Per Serving      
Calories   322.24  
Calories From Fat (52%)   167.29  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 18.98g   29%  
Saturated Fat 2.56g   13%  
Cholesterol 0.00mg   0%  
Sodium 804.22mg   34%  
Potassium 260.57mg   7%  
Carbohydrates 33.03g   11%  
Dietary Fiber 2.39g   10%  
Sugar 2.31g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 30.64g      
Protein 6.07g   12%  
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