Remember when I shared the lemonade pie recipe last week? I said that I absolutely love Summer because of all the fun and creative cooking you can do.
You are going to fall in love with this summer spaghetti salad. I get raving comments everywhere I take this dish. Ten years ago, a former co-worker of mine brought in this recipe to a work party and I fell head over heels in love immediately. It is such a simple salad to make but one that will become your all-time favorite salad.
Summer Spaghetti Salad
Ingredients:
1 box of spaghetti noodles
1 pepper
3 large cucumbers
2 tomatoes
1 package of Zesty Italian Dressing Mix
1 bottle of Fat-Free Italian Dressing
Directions:
1. Boil your spaghetti noodles.
2. Cut up all your vegetables into small cubes.
3. Mix the vegetables in an bowl with the Zesty Italian Dressing Mix.
4. As soon as the noodles are finished boiling, use a drainer to separate the noodles from the boiling water. Run cold water over the noodles. Drain.
5. Mix the noodles and vegetables in a large bowl.
6. Pour the bottle of Italian Dressing all over the noodles. Mix well.
7. Refrigerate.
Enjoy. You will be coming back for seconds and your guests will be screaming for more. This is by far M’s and my favorite summer salad.
Guess what? It is healthy for you too!
That looks delicious. Going to have to try that.
Brad’s step dad makes this a lot this time of year and I love it.
I use to make tons of this a lot. I discovered a new summer pasta salad that I will share if you like brussel sprouts. I use about 1 lb. of fresh brussel sprouts, rinse them and cut them in half and cook in a little olive oil with a few garlic cloves chopped up until tender. Add some green and black olives and heat another few minutes. Cook 1 box of angel hair pasta and drain. Sprinkle 1 pkg. of Italian dressing seasoning, Add the brussel sprout mixture to the pasta and add more olive oil to all until coated. Top with fresh parm cheese. The flavors are wonderful.
Oh I do love brussel sprouts Rhonda. I am going to have to try this! Thank you!