Cool Cucumber Pasta
People say this salad is crispy, sweet and refreshingly different. The crunchy cucumbers and tender pasta provide wonderful texture. —Jeanette Fuehring, Concordia, Missouri
Ingredients
- 8 ounces uncooked penne pasta
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 medium cucumbers, thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Reviews
I really like this salad. My family love garden cucumbers and pasta. I did cut the sugar in half and it was tasty for us. I also added 1 T. dill weed.
Yummy
Make it for all my pot licks, everyone loves it.
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Very good.
This is one of favorite summer salads--an absolutely declicious way to us up an abundance of cucumbers from our garden. My husband likes it as much as the marinated cucumbers and onions his mom always made. I've made it for reunions, picnics, church potlucks and many other occasions and it's never failed to elicit great reviews. Thanks to my fellow Missourian for sharing the recipe!
First, this recipe makes twice as much dressing as is needed for this amount of pasta and veggies! Also found that our family just doesn't care for sweet pasta salad. But I did like the dressing itself and will probably use it as a vinaigrette for green salad sometime in the future. I think it's light but almost honey-mustard taste would be great especially on a green salad topped with fruit and nuts.
I, too, got this recipe years ago from one of my Taste of Home Magazines. I have made it numerous times and everyone absolutely loves it and request that I give them the recipe. Delicious.
This is a summer favorite for our family! I add some diced tomatoes to it for a little extra color!
I got this recipe years ago when subscribed to the magazine. It has since become a family favorite at get togethers. I make it with rotini pasta when I make it. The rotini holds the juices of the dressing much better.