Pasta Salad With A Rainbow Of Vegetables
A lovely pasta salad with a bounty of colorful vegetables to celebrate Earth Day! Use your own favorite combination of vegetables - here is one of mine. Great for lunch bags too :)! A fabulous variation is to use Pesto (homemade or store-bought) with a little more olive oil to dilute it and use this to dress the salad instead of other dressing. 8 main dish servings; Each serving as prepared below contains: 320 Calories; 13 g Protein; 8.5 g Fat; 12.8 g Fiber; and 46 g Carbohydrates. Ingredients: 1 lb Multi grain Pasta, any short type like penne or rotelle Salt to taste 1 large clove Garlic, chopped 3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Orange or Red Bell Pepper (Capsicum) 1 Yellow Crookneck Squash 1 Zucchini 1 Leek OR 2 Green Onions OR 1 small Red Onion 1 small bulb Fresh Fennel or 2 ribs Tender Celery 10 Kalamata Olives (or any type) 2 cups Broccoli florets 4 to 6 Baby Artichokes 3 Ripe Tomatoes 1/4 cup Fresh Italian Parsley 1/4 cup Fresh Basil Leaves 2 tsp ...