Honey Dijon Pasta Salad

Honey Dijon Pasta Salad

Leftovers from the weekly Sunday roast dinner often provide sliced roast beef, ham or turkey to serve for lunch or even a quick dinner on a busy Monday at our house. Mondays are sometimes a bit of a food free for all around here. With the scattered timing all the after school and early evening activities the kids are involved in a sit down hot meal is not always possible. That's when a quickly put together pasta salad is most appreciated as fuel-to-go.

I did manage to make some delicious oven fried BBQ spice chicken on this occasion. Fried chicken and pasta salad often remind me of picnic food. With the weather as cold as it has been this week, reminders of summer picnics are pretty welcome too.

Honey Dijon Pasta Salad

Recipe by Barry C. Parsons

Easy Honey Dijon Pasta Salad - a great lunch item, side dish, pot luck addition or picnic take along recipe.

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 - 6 servings

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked pasta, (i.e. fusilli, penne, rotini...)
• 1/2 cup finely diced red pepper
• 1/2 cup deseeded cucumber, diced small
• 3 tbsp Parmesan Cheese, finely grated
• !/4 cup toasted pine nuts (optional)
• HONEY DIJON SALAD DRESSING
• 1 lemon, juice and finely grated zest
• 2 tbsp whole grain Dijon mustard
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• salt and pepper to season

Cooking Directions

1. Whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing.
2. Pour over the other ingredients and toss together well.
3. Chill well.
4. Keeps a couple of days in the fridge.