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Spring-y Pasta Primavera
Ingredients
| * | 1 tsp. garlic salt |
| * | 1 lb. tri-color rotini (spiral) pasta |
| * | 4 oz. snow peas, stringed and halved across at a diagonal angle |
| * | 1 green bell pepper, diced |
| * | 1 red bell pepper, diced |
| * | 2 carrots, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, then chopped |
| * | 1 cucumber, peeled, sliced thickly and quartered |
| * | 1 red onion, diced |
| * | salt and pepper, to taste |
| * | DRESSINGS |
| * | Lemon Mayonnaise |
| * | 1/2 cup mayonnaise |
| * | 1/2 cup sour cream |
| * | 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice |
| * | Italian Dressing |
| * | 1 cup Italian dressing |
| * | 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice |
| * | Thousand Island Dressing |
| * | 1 cup Thousand Island dressing |
| * | 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice |
Instructions
| 1 | Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add garlic salt. Add pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain and rinse pasta in cold water. |
| 2 | Separately, cook snow peas in salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and plunge into cold water to stop cooking process. |
| 3 | Combine pasta and all vegetables in large serving bowl. |
| 4 | Choose ONE dressing from above, depending upon your tastes: Lemon Mayonnaise, Italian Dressing or Thousand Island Dressing. Mix dressing ingredients. Add to pasta and toss to mix thoroughly. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve chilled. |