Garden Pasta Salad

Submitted by CindiJ

"I clipped this from a magazine back in the early 80's. This is a great summer salad - or when wishing for summer during the long dreary days of winter. We prefer the broccoli raw, but can cook to your taste preferences."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 cup Miracle Whip
• 1⁄4 cup chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) package kraft mild cheddar cheese, cubed
• 2 cups fresh broccoli florets
• 2 cups tri-color corkscrew macaroni, cooked and drained
• 2 medium ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges or 1 cup grape tomatoes
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

directions

1. Combine salad dressing, parsley, basil and garlic; mix well.
2. Add cheese, broccoli and noodles; mix lightly.
3. Chill.
4. Arrange tomatoes on platter; top with salad.
5. Sprinkle with walnuts.

Reviews

[berry271]

Nice pasta salad. I did cook the broccoli as I was making it specifically with my 12 month old in mind. Broccoli is about the only veg I can get him to eat. Go figure. I added the tomatoes to the salad instead of serving on top of them and I omitted the cheese. We just didn't have any on hand. But I think it would a nice addition.

 

[daggle]

This pasta salad was just what I was looking for. I loved the broccoli in it and the fresh parsely was wonderful. I also added half of a green pepper for a little more crunch and loved the walnuts, that was a new one for me(having nuts in pasta salad) Everyone in the house loved it, even the kids! Thanks.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

this was delicious, I loved the addition of the fresh parsley and dried basil, I used 1 teaspoon garlic powder in place of the fresh, all the flavors in this blend very well together which makes this a 5-star recipe, don't omit the walnuts they add so much extra to this salad, thanks for posting this Cindy it was thoroughly enjoyed by my family today!

 

[Cilantro in Canada]

We loved this recipe. It was easy and fast to make. The only changes I made were to reduce the basil to 1/2 tsp and add the miracle whip at the end as I do not like too much in my salads. I also had some grape tomatoes that needed to be used up, so I subbed those in place of tomato wedges. A simple recipe to make with lots of flavour. Thanks for the recipe.