Summer Squash Spaghetti Salad

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It’s the end of June and I’m finally ready to embrace the weather and cook with some Summer vegetable favorites. I usually spend the first couple month of the season hiding in sweaters, drinking hot coffee, and cooking with roasted pumpkin. While it may not be my favorite time of year, I do have to say the fruit and vegetable selection is always killer and I love going to the market and picking up well, everything. This is how this pasta salad came into fruition. I went to the produce and bought anything that looked good. I hope you’ll love it as much as I do!

Summer Squash Pasta Salad

Sarah Mikulski
All of your favorite Summer squashes grilled and charred and tossed together with a lemon-y, Italian dressing and some bow-tie noodles. Fresh and perfect.
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Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Pasta Salad

  • 1 lb. pasta noodles sub gluten-free noodles for gluten-free!
  • 15 oz. can of corn
  • 2 T butter substitute olive oil for vegan
  • 1 zuchinni
  • 1 yellow squash
  • 1 eggplant
  • 3 T olive oil
  • ½ t salt
  • ½ t pepper

Pasta Salad Dressing

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 16 oz. bottle of Italian dressing
  • 4 T lemon juice
  • 1 T balsamic vinegar
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh basil chopped

Instructions
 

  • Cook your pasta noodles. Let them cool.
  • Peel whichever vegetables you want to. I usually only peel the eggplant and keep the skin on the others.
  • In a pan over medium heat, add the butter and corn. When all of the butter melts, mix it with the corn. Let the pan sit over the heat so that it has the chance to char. Stir it every couple of minutes and stop cooking with the corn because brown and charred, about 10 minutes.
  • Dice the zuchinni, yellow squash, and eggplant. Add it to a large bowl with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Make sure everything is mixed and coated.
  • In a large pan over medium heat, cook the zucchini, yellow squash, and eggplant until its charred. Like the corn, don't stir it too often. This should take about 10-15 minutes.
  • Add all of the pasta salad ingredients to a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, add all of the pasta salad dressing ingredients and whisk together. Add the dressing to the big bowl of pasta salad and combine thoroughly.
  • Let chill and serve.

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