Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons

Archana's Kitchen

April 4, 2025

1050 Ratings

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 40 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Continental

The Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons is a mix of chilled vegetables with cold pasta and seasoned with a simple vinegar and walnut dressing topped with flavoured croutons makes for a cool meal option on a hot summer day.

Serve the Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons along with Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe for a weeknight dinner

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Serve the Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons along with Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe for a weeknight dinner

If you like making salads, try some of these recipes

Ingredients

For Dressing

1 Onion, thinly sliced

2 Cucumbers, diced

1 Carrot (Gajjar), thinly diced

1 Red Yellow or Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum), diced

100 Iceberg lettuce, roughly torn

5 Spring Onion Greens, finely chopped

1/4 Black olives, sliced

1/4 Walnuts, broken

1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 Red Wine Vinaigrette

2 Garlic, finely chopped

1 Honey

Salt and Pepper, to taste

For Croutons

6 Whole Wheat Brown Bread

1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Salt, to taste

1 Dry mix herbs

1/4 Red Chilli flakes

Instructions for Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons

To begin making the Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons, first prepare croutons by preheating the oven at 125 degree centigrade, cut each slice of bread into 9 pieces.

Finely chop the celery and blend with olive oil, salt and chilly flakes.

Pour this over the chopped bread and toss well to evenly coat all pieces.

Put in the oven at the lowest setting, tossing occasionally till crisp. (approx 30 min)

Boil Pasta till al dente. Once done, cool the pasta under running water and keep aside.

Chop all vegetables, cheese and olives into bite size pieces.

If veggies are just bought, wash them in ice cold water to make them crisp.

Put all dressing ingredients for the dressing in a small bottle and shake vigorously to make a homogeneous mix. You can also whisk with a fork to get the same consistency.

Once all the components for the salad are ready, toss the pasta and vegetables with the salad dressing.

Top with croutons, crushed walnuts and serve.

Serve the Pasta Salad Recipe with Summer Vegetable Lettuce & Croutons along with Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe for a weeknight dinner.