Pastasaladkabobs Recipes

SIMPLE PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 12 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta with the Italian dressing, cucumbers, tomatoes, and green onions. In a small bowl, mix the Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning, and gently mix into the salad. Cover, and refrigerate until serving.

THE BEST PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to directions, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• While pasta is cooking, chop tomato, peppers and onion into very small pieces. Add olives and mix.
• Drain Rotini; rinse with cold water for about 3 minutes.
• Mix pasta with tomato, peppers, onion and olives.
• Refrigerate for about 1/2 an hour.
• Add salad dressing; mix well.
• Add Parmesan cheese; mix well.
• Serve immediately.
• If you have left overs, you will have to "re-wet" salad by adding a little more salad dressing the next day, especially if you substitute the dressing with a fat-free dressing.

ANTIPASTO KABOBS

Steps:

• Cook tortellini according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. In a large bowl, combine the tortellini, olives and salad dressing. Toss to coat; cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight., Drain mixture, discarding marinade. For each appetizer, thread a stuffed olive, a folded pepperoni slice, a tortellini, a folded salami piece and a ripe olive on a toothpick or short skewer.

PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente, rinse under cold water and drain.
• Whisk together the salad spice mix and Italian dressing.
• In a salad bowl, combine the pasta, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers and olives. Pour dressing over salad; toss and refrigerate overnight.

PASTA SALAD KABOBS

Steps:

• Cook the cheese tortellini, drain and rinse with cold water.
• Put the cooked tortellini, artichoke pieces, tomatoes, olives, broccoli and salami in separate containers.
• Add Italian dressing to each of the containers and stir to mix.
• Let the ingredients marinate for 1 hour.
• The salami should marinate in the fridge.
• When ready to make up the kabobs, take wooden skewers and thread them with the 6 ingredients (five if you want the kabobs to be vegetarian without the salami).
• You can vary what you put on the kabobs to make each one slightly different, or you can make each of them the same.
• To put the salami on the skewers, lightly fold each slice in half and then punch the skewer through the meat.
• As you finish the kabobs, put them in something like a one-layer cake pan (9" x 13").
• Cover the pan and chill in the fridge until serving time.
• You can do a similar kind of kabob using different kinds of fruit.