Great recipe, made a few changes though. I added a cup or so of diced cucumber, as well as a couple cups of broccoli, I poured the hot pasta water over the broccoli to steam... rinsed all in cold water to keep from overcooking pasta and broccoli. Also I added quite a bit less oregano and added in a few TBS of balsamic vinegar to increase the flavor, overall great recipe and delicious summer salad~
This recipe is great!! I found it a little bland so i added italian dressing and black olives! delicious!!;)
Leaving town again so it's time to clean out the fridge again too which Hub's staff always appreciates. This salad did a good job of clearing out the vegetable crisper - I added all ingredients to taste and came up with a winner. I appreciate this recipe for the fact it doesn't call for bottled Italian dressing which makes this salad better than those right from the start. I used fresh garlic rather than the jarred and added black olives as well as orange and yellow bell peppers. I also gave it a splash of white wine vinegar. Finally I wanted something a little smaller than rigatoni so I chose to use penne pasta instead. This is such a great combination of flavors - the olive oil cheeses and fresh herbs realy make this salad exceptionally good. I think it would be impossible for this to turn out badly.
VERY tasty! I tool this to a BBQ and everyone LOVED it!! I made it as written and added the juice of one lemon and a quarter cup of balsamic vinegar. Next time I will also add extra garlic. It was very tasty but in my opinion needed the lemon and vinegar as without it I found it a tad bit bland.
Great way to use a lot of vegetables. I included the peppers and tomatoes and added zucchini cucumbers and a little carrot for color with tri-color bowtie pasta. It really soaked up the olive oil so add a little more before serving. Great left overs too!
Delicious. My husband loved it and he usually isnt a huge fan of pasta salads. I didnt put quite as much bell pepper and oregano to taste. Will make this again.
Loved this one - Family & friends demand this one for BBQ's and lunch when they are around. I did add extra garlic & doubled all the other add-ins (eg: cheeses cherry tomato etc) to give more body & flavour but hey it is a wiiner.
This is good but it needs a little something to add a zip. I splashed some balsalmic vinegar to taste and that made all the difference.
I was happy with how this recipe turned out. I substituted Italian seasoning for the oregano and didn't use as much as stated - just until it was covered well. I also used orange green and red bell peppers for extra color.
