Citrus Pasta Salad

This Citrus Pasta Salad is perfect if you are looking to get your fruit and vegetables all in one dish.  I love the combination of flavors in this salad, and I love that this salad only has a few basic ingredients, broccoli, pasta, orange, radishes, some sunflower seeds for protein, all topped with a creamy dressing that makes it absolutely delicious!

I found this recipe in an old ward cookbook that was given to me, but I made a few tweaks of my own (like adding an extra tablespoon of sugar and sunflower seeds. )

This salad can be a meal in itself, but we enjoyed it as a side at our last barbecue get together.

I have members of my family that aren’t fans of radishes, however they enjoyed them in this salad. So even if you are not a radish fan you may be surprised to find how good they taste with this creamy dressing.

Citrus Pasta Salad

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Total time

15 mins

 

This Citrus Pasta Salad is a delicious way to get your vegetables and fruit in one sitting. Oranges, pasta and broccoli tossed together with a creamy dressing is absolutely delicious!

Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals

Recipe type: Salad

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• ½ bag fresh broccoli florets, chopped
• 4 radishes, sliced
• 2 oranges, peeled and diced
• 2 cups penne pasta, cooked and cooled
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 tsp. orange zest
• 2 T. orange juice
• 2 T. sugar
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup sunflower seeds (w/out shells)

Instructions

1. In a large bowl combine the broccoli, pasta, radishes and oranges.
2. Mix together the mayonnaise, orange zest, orange juice, salt and sugar.
3. Pour over the broccoli mix and toss until well coated.
4. Cover and chill in refrigerator until ready to serve.

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