BOW TIE PASTA SALAD

Hello dear foodies!!!

How are you all? I am back!!! As promised I am sharing a very tempting and yummy recipe with you all. 

We all are enjoying summer season. Due to Covid some of us are still locked into our homes and some of us are still working being considered as essential workers but weekends are the days when we all never fail to relax and have fun with our family, friends and loved ones. 

So today I am going to share a summery recipe with you all. As soon as heat arrives, the last thing you want to do is spend hours in a hot kitchen. Of course, you still want to serve your loved ones homemade dishes, but we think they should be things like quick and easy dinner recipes. Thats where pasta salad comes in play. Because who doesn't love pasta salad? 

Cold Pasta Salads are not only creamy and delicious and a great way to get garden vegetables into a dish the kids will eat, but they're also the ideal barbecue side dish for summer, because they are meant to be served chilled. If you whip a big batch of pasta ahead of time, you can assemble a pasta salad in minutes, so you can spend less time at the end of the day inside cooking and more time fun summer activities with you family, friends and kids. 

If you are planning a backyard barbecue perhaps adding to your weekend recipes so here is a very simple and a delicious pasta salad recipe for you all. This is going to be a perfect pairing with grilling recipes, and everything will taste even better when wash it down with a fresh summer drink. 

BOW TIE PASTA

Ingredients - 

• 1 pack bow tie pasta
• 1 medium sized cucumber
• 1 medium sized onion
• 1 cup baby arugula leaves
• 1 cup of mixed bell peppers (red, orange and yellow) 
• 8-10 grape tomatoes
• 4-5 spoon full of sun dried tomatoes (store bought) 
• Handful of finely chopped parsley 
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil 
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar 
• Salt to taste  

Recipe - 

1. Boil pasta as per packet instructions and run the cold water over the cooked pasta so it doesn't stick. 
2. Dice cucumber, slice onion, chop mixed bell peppers and cut grape tomatoes into halves. 
3. Take olive oil, balsamic vinegar and black pepper in a bowl and mix well. 
4. Take pasta in a mixing bowl and add chopped veggies to it. 
5. Add baby arugula leaves and sun dried tomatoes to it. 
6. Add the olive oil, balsamic vinegar and black pepper seasoning to it. 
7. Add parsley and season the salad with salt as per your taste and toss well. 
8. Serve immediately or you can chill it in refrigerator for sometime and serve chilled. 

*Note - You can also add the olive oil from the sun dried tomato bottle, it enhances the taste even more. 

*Note - You can serve the salad immediately or even chill it for 20-30 minutes and serve.