Sweet and Sour Pasta Salad

Submitted by Danielle in New Ham

"Pasta salad that can be made for summer get-togethers, or for your family!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package tri-color spiral pasta
• 1 medium red onion
• 1 medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

• Dressing

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoon ground mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse with cold water.
2. Place in large serving bowl, add onion, tomato, cucumber, green pepper and parsley, set aside.
3. In a saucepan combine the dressing ingredients, cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
4. Pour over salad and toss.
5. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
6. Serve with slotted spoon.

Reviews

[dolphinchick]

does not taste really good and it smells really digusting

 

[bes1111]

Made this for an Easter pot-luck. I was sceptical about the amount of dressing this made - didn't think it would be enough but it was. Took the suggestion from Jillian and used only one cup of sugar and used apple cider vinegar. Very good and a nice change of pace from the ususal Itanian dressing type pasta salad.

 

[Merlot]

This is a great pasta dish! I love the combination of the pasta and the season's fresh vegtables. The dressing went perfectly with it. In fact, I thought it was even better the next day. Thank you for sharing. :-)

 

[J-Lynn]

Hey, this is really good! I was looking for a pasta salad with a low-fat dressing, but also not a vinaigrette. This is perfect; I did only use 1 cup sugar and that was still sweet enough that hubby asked "Did you put sugar in this?" But it's really good! I decrease the pasta, and add chickpeas and more veggies. Smoked sun-dried tomatoes are awesome in this!!

 

[Spectatrix]

Absolutely delicious! I made a third of the recipe and ate half of it for lunch today. It's good as-is for a side dish, but I think I'll add some white-meat chicken next time I'm having it as a meal. :)