Surprise Pasta Salad
Scrummy and Healthy!
Place all the salad dressing ingredients for the dressing in a jar and shake well, set aside.
Dressing
½ c. olive oil
¼ c. red wine vinegar
1/4 c. lemon juice
1/3 c. rice wine vinegar
2 tsp grain mustard
1 tbsp. red onion, chopped fine
1 large clove minced garlic
1 tbsp. coarse sea salt
1 tsp. coarse black pepper
2 tsp. smoked paprika
Salad Ingredients
675 g Orzo pasta (1 ½ bags)
2 cans mixed beans
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
1 English cucumber
2 stalks celery
5 pepperoncini peppers (marinated)
2 containers pearl bocconcini
5-6 small marinated peppers of choice
½ cup red onions (thinly diced)
1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
Assemble the salad by finely chopping the ingredients.
TIP: THE ORZO PASTA IS A FINE RICE LIKE PASTA, BY CHOPPING THE VEGETABLES FINELY, YOU GET BETTER IN MOUTH TEXTURES.
Note: The amounts for everything in the salad ingredients is an approximate, and to include or not, I make my salad with what I have available, at times I will add arugula and more herbs from my garden, its all about what my fits my mood on that day, so do what feels good, and tastes good!
Bon appetit!
