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Summer is now officially here and there’s nothing I love more this time of year than a good old fashioned cookout! It’s time to fire up your grill, get together your family and friends to enjoy this beautiful time of year. Your favorite grilled meats, a nice big fruit salad, refreshing Gold Peak Iced Tea and this colorful Summer Garden Veggie Pasta Salad are sure to make your next picnic a hit!
I feel like you can’t have a summer cookout without a pasta salad. It just goes great with everything and I don’t know about you, but I always like to enjoy any left overs for lunch the next day! Yum!
On my last grocery shopping trip to Walmart, I was sure to buy Barilla Rotini Pasta. This pasta’s curly shape is perfect for holding little bits of everything and it’s fun for the kiddos too.
What’s really nice about this pasta is how easy it is to prepare.
Freshly chopped zucchini, orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, red onion, summer squash, and the green beans for this salad can all be done the night before. Just store them together in a plastic container in the refrigerator overnight and add them to the pasta the next day.
After cooking your pasta and letting it cool, add your fresh garden veggies, a squeeze of fresh lemon, fresh basil pesto (homemade or store bought), a generous amount of Italian Blend shredded cheeses and give it all a good stir.
Cover and let it chill in the refrigerator until your cookout begins! That’s it!
As long as you have a box of Barilla pasta in your pantry this summer and Gold Peak Iced Tea in your refrigerator you can put this delicious salad together with a simple trip out to your own garden and have a refreshing drink in your hand in no time.
We like to purchase these convenient Gold Peak Iced Tea 6 packs at Walmart too because it pairs perfectly with this Summer Garden Veggie Pasta Salad and it can easily be kept chilled in your cooler on your patio on a hot day! Gold Peak Tea comes in several delicious home-brewed tasting flavors like Sweet Tea, Unsweetened, Diet Tea, Green Tea, Raspberry Tea, Peach Tea, Lemonade Tea, Lemon Tea & Summertime Lime Tea!
For a special treat, keep glasses, pretty straws and fresh lemon slices available for your guests. They’ll love it!
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. Barilla Rotini pasta, cooked, drained & cooled (do not rinse)
- 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 orange pepper, finely chopped
- 1/2 small zucchini, finely chopped
- 1/2 summer squash, finely chopped
- 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup fresh green beans, cut into small pieces
- 1-2 cups basil pesto (homemade or store bought)
- 1 cup finely shredded Italian Blend cheese
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients well in a large bowl, adding only 1 cup of pesto.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Depending on how much you love pesto, you can add more pesto or olive oil right before serving and mix well. The pesto you previously added when preparing the salad will have slightly absorbed into the pasta, so add more as needed.
- Serve chilled or room temperature.
- Serves 12.
- * To save time, chop your veggies ahead of time and store them in an airtight container in your refrigerator until you are ready to make the salad.
- Serve with refreshing Gold Peak iced tea for the perfect summer treat!
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Have a great summer!
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Fresh pasta salads are so perfect for summer meals. This one looks delicious!
Oh yumm!! This all has me wanting to go fire up the grill and whip these up right now! Love how beautiful and easy this salad is, and nothing says summer here in the south like Gold Peak Tea does!