Vegetable salad with pasta
Description
The recipe won't take much time. When the heat strikes, hot dishes—no matter how delicious—are far less desirable than cold ones. That's why lunches and dinners increasingly skip hot meals altogether—just cold soups and hearty cold salads. One of my favorite cold salads, filling enough to replace a full main course, is a vegetable salad with pasta. This salad is simply universal—easy to prepare, with ingredients you can vary as you please, resulting in a satisfying and very tasty dish. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
First, prepare the salad dressing by mixing mayonnaise, kefir, and spices. Stir until smooth and well combined.
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Step 2
Finely chop a small amount of parsley.
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Step 3
Add the herbs to the dressing, mix well. The dressing is ready.
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Step 4
Prepare the vegetables needed for the salad. I'll repeat, you can use any vegetables you have on hand—the recipe does not insist on using exactly the vegetables I used.
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Step 5
Cut the broccoli into small florets.
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Step 6
Slice the onion into thin half-rings, and slice the zucchini and squash into thin wedges.
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Step 7
Grate the carrot on a coarse grater.
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Step 8
Add pasta to boiling salted water and cook until done. 30 seconds before the pasta is ready, add broccoli to the water. Broccoli should be boiled for about 30 seconds, no longer.
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Step 9
Drain the cooked pasta and broccoli in a colander and rinse.
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Step 10
When the pasta and broccoli have cooled to room temperature, mix them with the prepared vegetables.
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Step 11
Season the dish.
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Step 12
Mix.
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Step 13
Vegetable salad with pasta is ready. :)