Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe
This recipe won’t take much time at all. All you need is a blender and you’re good to go with this meal for picnics or if you’re looking for a healthy meal to crave into.
How To Make Cucumber Pasta Salad
- 1 box spiral pasta (cooked, drained and cooled)
- 1 large cucumber (cut in chunks)
- 1 onion (cut in chunks)
- 1 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- Cut cucumber with peel, and onion in chunks and put in blender.
- Add rest of ingredients and blend.
- Pour over cooked pasta and let sit for 12 hours in refrigerator before serving.
How To Make Cucumber Pasta Salad
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 12 hrs
Total: 12 hrs 15 mins
Ingredients
Salad:
- 1-10 oz large cucumber, deseeded & cut in chunks
- ½ cup red onions, chopped
- ½ lb penne or fusilli pasta, cooked, drained, & cooled
- ¼ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
Dressing:
- 1-10 oz large cucumber, deseeded & cut in chunks
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled & bruised
- ½ cup white wine or rice vinegar
- â…› cup honey
- 1½ tbsp Dijon or grain mustard
- ½ cup Greek-style Yoghurt
- Salt & ground black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients for the dressing in a blender & puree until smooth
- Season to taste with salt & pepper. Adjust accordingly & set aside
- Combine all ingredients for the salad
- Add enough dressing to coat the vegetables. Toss to combine
- Serve
Nutrition
- Calcium: 20mg
- Calories: 84kcal
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Cholesterol: 1mg
- Fat: 1g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 75mg
- Protein: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 22mg
- Sugar: 6g
- Vitamin A: 23IU
- Vitamin C: 2mg
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