California pasta salad recipe here!
Ingredients
1 lb spaghetti noodles, broken into smaller pieces
2 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 red onion, diced
2.25 oz black olives, sliced
Dressing
16 oz Italian dressing
Ā¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 tbsp sesame seeds
Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water and place drained pasta into a large bowl.
To a small bowl add the Italian dressing, parmesan cheese, and sesame seeds. Whisk well. Pour the dressing over the pasta and stir to combine.
Add the chopped veggies to the bowl. Stir well and refrigerate for at least one hour. Enjoy!
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You could add cubed salami, ham and cheddar cheese chunks. Then the whole thing is a meal in itself.
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Great recipe, thanks for sharing! How long does this last in the fridge?
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Thanks for posting this..my mom used to make this all the time , I would do anything to have one more bowl.. I miss her so much.ā¤ So I will make this soon.
We use shell š noodles š and artichoke hearts, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives š« broccoli š„¦
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I make this and usually add some chicken or pepperoni. Itās so so good and easy tooā¤Thanks for the reminderš
I just call mine Kitchen Sink Pasta Salad. I put in everything but the kitchen sink. It's a great way to load up on veggies and clean out the fridge and pantry. I lived in California for several years and never heard of this. I just love making and eating it. It gets better overnight in the fridge, and I love using Olive Garden Italian dressing in mine.
Itās not just California cold spaghetti, salad change it up a bit and add salad supreme. Itās a spice that has everything brings it all together. Add whatever veggies you want or whatever salad dressing or balsamic vinegar you want.
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I do a variation using the sun dried tomato vinaigrette, add mozzarella pearls, chickpeas, canned mushrooms, leave off the green pepper. For pasta I use rotini, shells, or if I can find it radittore.
I highly recommend roasting your sesame seeds in a dry pan before you use them.
I'm a lifelong Californian and have never even seen this salad.
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We basically make that with linguine we also add pepperoni cheese and cucumbers tomatoes onions basically the same thing you have there maybe a little bit of different but not much
Looks delicious…thabk you, Julie.
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This looks good, but needs some diced salami and cheese!
Ooooooh looks so good and refreshing for a summer lunch!
Yes. I love it. Used to make it at a deli I worked at back in the 90's. And still make it ever now and then. But instead of just plain sesames we used salad supreme seasoning.
Looks delicious. š Thanks.
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Why didnt i ever think of this?! Yum yum will make! Ty Julia! ā¤ š ššš«š§
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I thought of you last night as I was blending pinto beans into my spaghetti sauce ! Yummy ! Protein packed !
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A great summer salad's idea, thanking you for sharing. Look's delicious will be making this for sure! šš
This sounds delicious! I'm saving this recipe to make soon!
Your California Spaghetti Salad looks so delicious and so scrumptious and thank you for sharing your recipe. When I make this I will add crispy bacon
I love all of those ingredients, but my kids hate most of them. ššš I'll never know how good this tastes!
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Thats just regular pasta salad with the wrong pasta. The dressing is a cheat.
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