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Garden Pasta Salad

Name: Garden Pasta Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta; 2 large tomatoes, diced; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots; 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper; 1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced; 1/4 cup chopped onion; 1 1/2 (16 ounce) bottles Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste; 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Original recipe by L Gale · Allrecipes
The Best I’ve Made · Selected by Justin. Ingredients retained; functional instructions independently written.

Tri-color rotini with tomatoes, celery, carrots, bell pepper, cucumber, onion, Italian dressing, and Parmesan.

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Prep25 minutes

Cook15 minutes (source card)

Total1 hour 40 minutes, including 1 hour chilling

Makes10 servings

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Ingredients

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1 (16 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
2 large tomatoes, diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 (16 ounce) bottles Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

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Boil a large pot of water seasoned lightly with salt. Add the rotini and cook for about 8 minutes, until cooked through but still firm when bitten. Cool the pasta under cold running water, then drain it.
Combine the tomatoes, celery, carrots, bell pepper, cucumber, and onion in a large bowl. Toss in the cooled rotini, Italian-style dressing to taste, and Parmesan until evenly mixed.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

Recipe Notes

Lightly salted pasta water is specified in the source method without measured quantities.

Timing note: the source card lists 15 minutes cooking, while the pasta instruction specifies about 8 minutes. Both source facts are retained. Additional chilling time is 1 hour.

From Justin’s kitchen

A really nice pasta salad with fresh flavors.

Garden Pasta Salad

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