Anne's Colourful Pasta Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 250 g pasta (such as spiral shaped ones, rigatoni or other short varieties)
• 200 g peas (either frozen and prepared or canned)
• 200 g carrots, chopped
• 1 medium apple, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 3 gherkins, diced
• 250 g yoghurt (creamy works really well, but low-fat is ok, too)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil or 1 tablespoon fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill weed
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• freshly ground salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 prepare pasta according to package directions. make sure to splash it with cold water after draining it, so that the cooking process stops and your pasta wont get soggy.
• 2 to make the salad:.
• 3 combine all the veggies and mix with the pasta in a big serving bowl.
• 4 for the dressing:.
• 5 mix all ingredients and stir until well blended. season to taste.
• 6 pour over pasta and veggies and toss to coat.
• 7 allow flavours to blend some hours prior to serving (you dont have to do this, but it intenisfies the flavours).
• 8 serve sprinkeld with some fresh herbs and some nice crusty bread.