7 INGREDIENTS • 9 STEPS • 25MINS

Rainbow Pasta Salad

Name: Rainbow Pasta Salad
Total time: PT1500.0S
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 8 ounce Farfalle Pasta; 1 cup Frozen Mixed Vegetables; 3 tablespoon Olive Oil; 1/4 cup Italian Dressing; to taste Salt; to taste Ground Black Pepper; to taste Food Coloring

Recipe

4.8

4 ratings

A fun pasta salad that works great in the lunchbox! Adapted from Food Network

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A fun pasta salad that works great in the lunchbox! Adapted from Food Network

25MINS

Total Time

$0.84

Cost Per Serving

Ingredients

Servings

2

us / metric

8 oz

Farfalle Pasta

1 cup

Frozen Mixed Vegetables

3 Tbsp

Olive Oil

4 Tbsp

Italian Dressing

to taste

Salt

to taste

Ground Black Pepper

to taste

Food Coloring

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories

713

Fat

29.3 g

Protein

16.8 g

Carbs

96.9 g

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I'm Julian, The Step Stool Chef. I inspire kids to cook with a “kids teaching kids” approach that features easy to follow recipes kids can try at home. Here, the kids are the chefs and the adults are the helpers.

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step 1

Gather all of your ingredients.

step 2

Cook the Farfalle Pasta (8 oz) according to package's instructions. When pasta is finished cooking, transfer pasta to a large colander to drain. Then immediately rinse it in cold water to halt the cooking.

step 3

Cook the Frozen Mixed Vegetables (1 cup) according to package's instructions.

step 4

While pasta and veggies are cooking, combine about 2 tablespoons of water and 20 drops of Food Coloring (to taste) in a large zip top bag. Repeat with however many additional colors you would like.

step 5

Transfer the pasta in even portions to the prepared zip top bags and seal. Shake zipper bag to combine the pasta and food coloring, and then let each bag sit for at least 1 minute to soak up the color.

step 6

Drain and rinse colored pasta to remove excess coloring.

step 7

In a large bowl, toss cooled pasta and mixed veggies. Add Olive Oil (3 Tbsp), Italian Dressing (4 Tbsp), Salt (to taste), and Ground Black Pepper (to taste) to the bowl.

step 8

Mix everything together.

step 9

Serve in bowls and enjoy!