It’s finally spring here in Colorado, and for us that means the beginning of lighter meals that are easier and cooler to prepare (we don’t have a/c). In an effort to come up with a quick lunch, that doesn’t require heating the house up, I came up with this broccoli pasta salad.
My original inspiration came from Tammy’s chicken pasta salad, which is really yummy! I didn’t have all of the ingredients necessary for this recipe, so I changed it up a bit and have been tweaking it and now we think it’s perfect!
Here’s what you need:
~ Egg noodles (whole pkg)
~ 1 bag frozen broccoli (12 oz.)
~ 3/4 cup Italian dressing
~ 1 tsp (or to taste) red pepper flakes
~ 1/2 cup grated parmesan (not pictured… oops!)
~ Salt to taste
~ 1 Tbsp. oil (I used coconut oil because it’s all I had)
It’s easy to put together.
:: Boil pasta in salted water
:: While pasta is boiling, steam the broccoli
:: Drain pasta and return to pot and add coconut oil and parmesan, stir to melt
:: Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine
:: Salt to taste
Enjoy!!
This recipe is linked to:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday
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Sounds real good. I’ll bet our son will love it.
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Looks Yummo! Thanks….
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Yum!!! I am such a pasta addict, I’m always looking for a new recipe. How can I not want to eat it when it looks as good as this??
Thanks for sharing this!
oh wow, this looks yummy. You mentioned cooker cooking, one tip I read along time ago was to cook your frozen veggies with you pasta if you boil it the whole time. Another tip I picked up was to bring your pasta to a roaring boil, or is it rolling?!?!, dump in your pasta put a lid on the pot, take it off the burner and in 20 minutes you have perfectly cooked pasta!!! When I have enough time that is my favorite or when I’m short on time I let my pot pull double duty.
Gotta come back and look at your deployment posts but are you a military wife too?!?!
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Sounds good AND easy, too!
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Oh! This sounds delish!
I love broccoli!
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