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Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad

November 11, 2016

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Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad:

Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad is a delicious cold salad with lots of veggies and pasta. I am infatuated with balsamic vinegar on food. It is so tasty and a flavor love I’ve acquired through time. I mixed the balsamic vinegar with sour cream and this dressing made the salad so scrumptious. I added cooked rotini pasta to this salad to bulk it up and make it heartier. The end result was a salad I just fell in love with.

 

Mini cocktail cucumbers

One of my favorite veggies right now is the mini cocktail cucumbers. The little cucumbers are perfect bite sized pieces to add to a salad. I used the sweet grape and cherry tomatoes of red, orange, and yellow color. The dressing is a tan color but the red, yellow, orange, and green colors of the vegetables peek through the dressing and make this a colorful salad.

This is a perfect side pasta salad to accompany any meal with an entree of meat. I love this pasta salad however as for a vegetarian it is a stand alone meal with the pasta included.

My favorite part of this pasta salad is the combination of the balsamic sour cream dressing with the fresh mushrooms. The hearty chunks of the quartered mushrooms complements the balsamic vinegar flavor and satisfies.

This recipe is an original recipe created by Julie Hoag.

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Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad

Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad is a yummy salad with hearty chunks of mushrooms complemented by the balsamic vinegar dressing. The addition of various colored tomatoes and cucumbers gives this salad a colorful visual appeal. With pasta added this is a delicious side dish for a meal with a meat entree or a stand alone meal.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Total Time 5 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 8 individual mini cocktail cucumbers or 1 3/4 cup sliced cucumbers. Or slice a regular sized cucumber, then quarter the slices.
  • 1 cup grape, cherry, or other sweet tomatoes Slice tomatoes in half. I used the orange, yellow, and red tomatoes
  • 3 cups fresh mushrooms Cut mushrooms in quarters to equal 3 cups
  • 1/8 cup fresh cilantro Finely chopped
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 3 cups cooked rotini pasta pre-cook according to directions on box and let cool

Instructions
 

  • Cook and cool the rotini pasta according to the directions on the box. Cut all the vegetables. Slice cocktail cucumbers. Cut tomatoes in half or quarter them if they are large. Cut mushrooms into quarters. Finely chop cilantro. Chop onion. Combine them all in a large bowl.
    Sliced and chopped veggies and cilantro
  • Prepare the dressing. Combine the sour cream and balsamic vinegar in a bowl. Whisk to blend.
  • Pour the dressing over the vegetables and stir well.
    Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad completed

Notes

Balsamic Veggie Pasta Salad in a small bowl
This salad is best when eaten fresh, but leftovers can be refrigerated and it is tasty the next day too. The dressing coating over the mushrooms prevents the mushrooms from turning brown. The mushrooms were even tastier the second day after sitting in the dressing overnight.
This recipe could be made without pasta for those trying to cut out carbohydrates, however if this is your wish be sure to reduce the amount of balsamic vinegar and sour cream used.
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