Primavera Noodles

Recipe By BECKARIAH
Rating
Published Apr 5th
Prep 10m Cook 8m Additional - Ready In 18m
Servings 6 servings Calories 405.2

Pasta and vegetables in creamy ranch sauce. This easy dish is a hit with everyone. Very versatile: you can use any pasta and veggies you have on hand.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 12 ounces dry pasta
  • 1 cup chopped broccoli
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • ½ cup fresh sliced mushrooms
  • ½ green bell pepper, chopped
  • ¾ cup ranch-style salad dressing
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Cook pasta according to package directions. During last 2 minutes of cooking, add broccoli and carrots to water. When pasta is al dente and broccoli and carrots are crisp-tender, drain water.
  2. 2 Mix in mushrooms, green pepper, salad dressing, and cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot or cold.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 405.2
  • Carbohydrate 48 g
  • Cholesterol 14 mg
  • Fat 18.5 g
  • Fiber 3.6 g
  • Protein 11.2 g
  • Saturated Fat 3.7 g
  • Sodium 418.7 mg
  • Sugar 4.5 g

Reviews

  1. LADYDRAKE May 9, 2007 10:56 PM
    No green pepper and used a lot more broccoli and carrots; also added chicken to make it a one dish meal. This was pretty darn tasty very easy and my daughter gobbled it all up including most of the mushrooms which she doesn't like! Although I love onions next time I think I'll add peas - Read more ...
  2. SuperWifey Oct 31, 2006 05:27 AM
    I usually don't like pasta salad but I love this one and so did my family. The only change I made was that I left out the carrots and mushrooms. DELISH!!
  3. DAYDREAMFREEK Jan 25, 2005 09:27 PM
    This was a great side-dish for a Baked Pesto Chicken recipe on this site. We used tri-colored rotini and left out the bell pepper. I cooked the veggies and noodles in seperate pots mainly because I was concerned the veggies wouldn't get done enough for our 3 year old. My husband made the comment that - Read more ...
  4. Dani Oct 3, 2004 07:05 PM
    This was surprisingly good - I'm not a huge ranch dressing fan but I still loved it! I changed it a bit by adding assiago cheese instead of parmesean added fresh ground pepper some salt and bottled minced garlic. I also used tri-colored rotini - was fantastic! Would definitely recommend!
  5. CATGOGLIA Aug 14, 2003 06:08 PM
    So quick and easy. Hot or cold it's delicious both ways.
  6. TRAVELIN GAL Aug 14, 2003 06:08 PM
    For how easy this recipe is and how unexpectantly good it is this recipe should recieve much more attention! I made this for friends who were coming over for a BBQ & it was a hit. I did add some cooked cubed chicken (2 breasts). One can easily modify the veggies to suit their tastes.
  7. DREGINEK Jul 24, 2003 04:29 PM
    We made this recipe as a "last minute dinner" and it turned out better than I expected...my daughter age 5 helped herself to THREE servings!! Next time I plan to double the receipe so that there are leftovers because the first time we made it there were none. I might try adding cooked cubed chicken - Read more ...
RedCipes