Capsicum and Broccoli Pasta Salad
This is a great springtime or summer dish for a party or a family picnic. I used this recipe to feed over 100 people and it went over fabulously.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 500g spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cucumber, chopped
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 1 red capsicum, chopped
- 1 orange capsicum, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 head fresh broccoli, chopped
- 2 cups (400ml) Italian-style salad dressing
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:2hours chilling ›
Ready in:2hours35min
- Cook spaghetti in a large pot with boiling salted water. Rinse with cool water, drain.
- Place grated Parmesan cheese, sesame and poppy seeds, seasoning salt, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chopped cucumber, onion, red and orange capsicum, tomatoes and broccoli in a large bowl.
- To large bowl add cooled pasta. Pour entire bottle of Italian dressing over pasta and vegetables. Mix well.
- Refrigerate pasta salad for at least 2 hours. Serve.
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I doubled this recipe and took it to a birthday party. The dad ate about 4 helpings. I then told them I'd leave the left overs. It did take a while to chop all the vegetables, I added green pepper because the store was out of red and I forgot to add the tomato. Which was perfect because the mom does like them at all. I refrigerated this overnight and added a little extra italian dressing 1/2 hour before serving. Doubling doesn't really require 2 full bottles of dressing. Save it to zest it up right before serving. I'm making it again this weekend and I'm adding the red pepper and tomato. - 31 May 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Easy and fast. I omitted the peppers, changed grated Parmesan cheese to 2 tbls, reduced salt to 1 tsp., added 1/4 tsp. garlic salt & 1/2 tsp. celery seed, used "1 1/2 cups" chopped broccoli and used Zesty Italian dressing. Delicious - 09 May 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I've notice this and it sounds delicious, I just wanted to add that instead of spaghetti...it would be interesting to use linguine and maybe even add Salad Supreme...it's flavorful. - 24 May 2005 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)