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Summertime Pasta Salad Recipe

Posted July 17, 2017 by Stephanie

Summery Pasta Salad Recipe - www.iamafoodblog.com

Summery Pasta Salad Recipe - www.iamafoodblog.com

Summery Pasta Salad Recipe - www.iamafoodblog.com

If you look at food on Instagram, I’m sure you’ve come across Dennis the Prescott. Maybe you didn’t know it was him, but his signature boards filled with burgers and fries, pizza, steak and potatoes, or lobster, have people double tapping like it’ll magically bring the food to life. I, for one, have drooled over the lobster rolls many a time. Dennis is from the Maritimes, here in Canada, and even though I’ve never met him in real life, I feel like if I met him, we’d have tonnes to talk about.

He recently released a cookbook, Eat Delicious, full of gorgeously photographed recipes, as well as tips and tricks on photographing and plating. I’m looking forward to trying his classic cheeseburgers and the gochujang maple surf and turf. Flipping through the pages, this summery pasta salad called out to me. Mike is a huge pasta salad fan and now I’m one too! So much so that we almost always have pasta salad when there’s a big family gathering.

This guy is full of crunchy sweet bell peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, and my favorite part, baby bocconcini. Sweet and summery, it’s a perfect pasta salad for your next summer get together.

Summertime Pasta Salad Recipe
serves 6-8


Sauce

  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sunflower oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Pasta

  • 1 pound short pasta of choice
  • 1 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 1 cup diced green bell pepper
  • 1 cup diced yellow bell pepper
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 cup diced cucumber
  • 1/2 cup finely diced red onion
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley leaves, plus extra for garnish
  • 1 cup bocconcini, halved

via Eat Delicious by Dennis the Prescott

I halved the sugar because I don’t like my pasta salad too sweet, if you’re going for the full Dennis the Prescott feel, use 1/2 cup brown sugar. I also couldn’t find any nice fresh basil at the store so I skipped that, please add it in, chopped and as a garnish.

Make the sauce: combine the sauce ingredients, whisking until slightly thickened. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper if needed.

Cook the pasta according to the package in a large pot of salted water. When cook, drain and run under cold water to chill. Transfer pasta to a large bowl.

Toss the vegetables and herbs with the pasta and sauce. Transfer to a large serving dish and garnish with extra basil and parsley. Enjoy immediately or chilled!

8 Comments

  1. Interesting sauce! I wouldn’t have though to put sugar in a pasta salad recipe.

  2. Great photos! Looks really tasty. Going to make this soon.

    Who Let the Mum Out?

  3. wow this sounds crazy good! i just cant even with creamy pasta salad, i’ve had too many terrible supermarket pasta salads – why do people think they are good????
    but this salad looks so fresh and stunning!

  4. cynthia says:

    This sounds tooo good. And most of all I’m in love with the teeny bocconcini!!!

  5. Mary Joy Flores says:

    sounds good!!

  6. Lily says:

    it looks so yummy..i m hungry. i want this ?
    thanks i must try it :)

  7. Maria says:

    This is a brilliant recipe – I am definitely going to try it.?

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