Summer means a lot of things. One of them is making cold pasta salads. I suppose it’s ok to make them during winter too but it is usually during the Summer that I get to indulge in whipping up different kinds of cold pasta salads. They’d go with any grilled meat entrees, including kebabs, satays, burgers, just to name a couple. Pasta salads prefect to serve as side dishes during the summer parties in the backyard or as lunch for the family on regular days. This Mini Rotelle Cold Pasta Salad W/ Cheese & Sunflower Seeds is basically another version of Pasta & Broccoli Salad W/ Golden Raisins and Sunflower Seeds but without the golden raisins and chopped fresh broccoli. I added chopped eggs instead.
| Mini Rotelle Cold Pasta Salad W/ Cheese & Sunflower Seeds |
- half a box of Mini Rotelle – Wheels pasta (cook al dente’)
- 3 boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- 3/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup of generous drizzle of Italian salad dressing
- 1 cupof mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup of shredded cheese
- sprinkle of salt and black pepper
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- Cook the pasta according to the box. Drain the water. Transfer the cooked pasta into a salad mixing bowl.
- Add the chopped eggs, sunflower seeds, shredded cheese, mayonnaise, salad dressing, sugar, salt and black pepper. Stir everything together.
- Cover the bowl. Store in the fridge until ready for serving.
- Have a small bowl for lunch or bring the huge bowl to a Summer potluck party. Just make sure to keep it cold. Enjoy!
Double the ingredients if you’re making it for a party.
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sunflower seeds in a salad–that sounds interesting! i usually have pine nuts. this is perfect for our hot weather.
I have never tried that pasta before. I think my son who loves pasta will definitely like it!
I would love to try whipping up that cold pasta salad at home, too. It looks delicious!
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I love to make pasta salad but pretty much. It was great to read through this, sounds so good. You gave me different kind of ideas to try.
yummmm…cold pasta sounds real good right now…so humid and hot here!
thanks much for sharing over at Food Friday, Dexie