Summer Fruit 'n' Pasta Salad

Name: Summer Fruit 'n' Pasta Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 mediums firm bananas, cut into 1/4-inch slices; 425 grams can mandarin oranges, drained; 2 ribs celery ribs, thinly sliced; 227 grams uncooked elbow macaroni; 177 milliliters fat-free plain yogurt; 4 teaspoons snipped fresh dill; 355 milliliters seedless grapes; 177 milliliters reduced-fat mayonnaise; 1 Dash hot pepper sauce; 2 mediums red apples, chopped; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 mediums tart green apples, chopped; 118 milliliters chopped walnuts

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Summer Fruit 'n' Pasta Salad a try. This recipe makes 14 servings with 188 calories, 4g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. A mixture of dill, yogurt, pepper sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse with cold water and drain. In a bowl, combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, salt and hot pepper sauce.

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Hot Sauce

Mayonnaise

Yogurt

Pasta

Water

Dill

Salt

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Bowl

In a large serving bowl, combine the pasta, apples, grapes, celery and mandarin oranges. Gently stir in 1 cup yogurt mixture.

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Mandarin Oranges

Apple

Celery

Grapes

Yogurt

Pasta

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Bowl

Cover and refrigerate salad and remaining yogurt mixture for 2-3 hours. Just before serving, stir in bananas, walnuts and remaining yogurt mixture.

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Banana

Walnuts

Yogurt

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Servings:

2mediums

firm bananas, cut into 1/4-inch slices 425grams

can mandarin oranges, drained 2ribs

celery ribs, thinly sliced 227grams

uncooked elbow macaroni 177milliliters

fat-free plain yogurt 4teaspoons

snipped fresh dill 355milliliters

seedless grapes 177milliliters

reduced-fat mayonnaise 1Dash

hot pepper sauce 2mediums

red apples, chopped 0teaspoons

salt 2mediums

tart green apples, chopped 118milliliters

chopped walnuts

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Antipasti. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. One wine you could try is Larmandier-Bernier Latitude Extra Brut. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 55 dollars.

Larmandier-Bernier Latitude Extra Brut

Vineyards are located in Vertus, Oger, Avize, Cramant, which form a line close to the 4th meridian. Longitude is 60% base wine from the 2009 vintage fermented in stainless steel & 40% reserve wine from foudre & neutral oak. 100% Chardonnay aged on the lees for over two years and a 4gr/l dosage.