Garden Pasta Salad

gailanng's Note:

Double for a crowd pleaser.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ¼ cup chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 garlic , clove, minced
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) package mild cheddar cheese , diced
• 2 cups cooked broccoli florets , tender crisp
• 1 cup noodles , cook and drained (elbow works best)
• 2 medium tomatoes , wedged
• ½ cup chopped walnuts , toasted

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine first 6 ingredients; mix well, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine cheese, broccoli florets, noodles and walnuts.
3. Lightly toss dressing with noodles mixture.
4. Arrange tomatoes on top.

Reviews

[Cilantro in Canada]

I just made this for my daughter and she requested I add in olives, grated carrot and cukes. My daughter does not like cheese or basil so I omitted it. It was very good and easy too. Thanks for the recipe.

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Broccoli, tomatoes, noodles, and cheese round out the round - up here! This is honestly from the garden too - except for the noodles, (haven't found the ol' noodle tree yet) and it is as fresh a morning glory in mid-summer. No change here....no need. Thx!

[Tisme]

An easy salad to throw together which is a little different to the every day salad. I made this to take to a B.B.Q. The only change which I made was to use cherry tomatoes cut in half and fresh basil as well as dried. This salad was enjoyed by everyone, the colours were wonderful and I loved the added cruchiness of the walnuts in this salad, the cheese was something a little different also, and worked really well with the broccoli and pasta. Thanks gailanng for something different and easy to serve at the next B.B.Q.