Mar 7, 2008

Pineapple Pasta Salad

International Women’s Day is March 8th and Zorra of Kochtopf has organized an event where we cook or bake something Yellow for this special day.
“Yellow because on this day in Southern countries there is the tradition to give sprigs of bright yellow Mimosa flowers to women. The flowers are intended as a sign of respect and also an expression of solidarity with the women in their support for oppressed women worldwide.” How thoughtful and nice can this event get, isn’t it ?? I came to know about this one at Asha of FoodiesHope, and thought the least I could do was to make a dish with something yellow and post it. So here goes, Pineapple Pasta Salad is my contribution to the event.




Ingredients

Rottini Pasta – 1 ½ cup
Broccoli florets – 1 cup
Yellow bell pepper – ½ , sliced
Yellow onion – thinly sliced and separated into rings
Pineapple chunks – 3/4 cup, canned ones ( I didn’t have, so used crushed pineapple).

For the dressing

1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp honey mustard paste
1 tbsp white vinegar
Black pepper powder
Salt
Garlic powder
Pineapple juice, reserved from the can – 3 tbsp

For the dressing, combine all the ingredients mentioned for dressing in a jar with a lid and shake until well mixed.

Method for Pasta

- Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain and rinse with cold water.
- Microwave the broccoli and bell pepper separately on high for 1 minute.
- Now, in a mixing bowl, combine the pasta, broccoli, bell pepper, onions and pineapple.
- Pour dressing over it and combine well. Refrigerate until serving time.

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14 Comments:

Swati said...

A very nice combo..Sweet andsavoury !!

Purnima said...

The pasta loooks very health packed and yellow-umm!Thanks for sharing!

Archana Doshi said...

very interesting. Pineapple surely sounds like a interesting addition.

Meera said...

Happy IWD to you too!! Wonderful yellow dish! Great entry.

FH said...

Excellent yellow dish Maya. Glad you made it. It is a great event and it's today!Hurray!:))
Happy Women's day to you, enjoy the weekend! Hugs!:)

bee said...

i love these kinds of recipes - light and easy. pineapple is a great addition to any dish.

Uma said...

wow, the pasta looks so colorful. Nice entry for the IWD

Red Chillies said...

Very unusal combination especially by adding the pineapple. I can imagine the sweet sour taste that the pasta must have had!

Seema said...

Very Unusual recipe,! Adding pineapple to pasta a new addition.. interesting!

zorra said...

Great combo!

Thank you for your participation in IWD.

Deeba PAB said...

Love the idea of fruit with pasta. Great one Maya...looks scrumptious. Happy IWD to you!

KonkaniBlogger said...

Thank you all. Yes indeed, Was skeptical on adding pineapple in it, but am glad I did. Next time, I will add the chunks though, instead of the crushed ones. Gives it a very unique, sweet and savoury flavour. Hope you all had a great weeknd :)..

Dhivya said...

perfect yellow recipe for IWD...looks yummy

Unknown said...

I loved ur blogspot. The pictures top of ur blogspot are very nice.
The pasta salad looks yummy.