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Spinach & Penne Salad

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Looking for a summer salad recipe that is full of flavor? Try making Spinach Penne Salad!

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In my (very large) family, we do monthly family birthdays.  If your birthday falls in April, you get to celebrate with all of the other April birthdays.  The kids will have their own separate party with their friends but the family party is a joint endeavor!  So, last Sunday we did the April birthdays and one of my nephews (in Kindergarten) requested this salad.  And since I volunteered to bring a salad (and I love this one) I said sure I will make a Spinach & Penne Salad!

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To make the dressing, I used fresh basil, olive oil and garlic powder.

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Chop the basil.

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Put the chopped basil, olive oil and garlic powder in a bowl. Mix together, cover and store in the fridge to let the flavors blend.  I just learned that this called pistou…it is like pesto but it doesn’t contain pine nuts.

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When you are ready to mix the salad together, add mayo to the pistou.

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Put the spinach, penne and dressing in a large bowl.

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Mix together, top with Parmesan and enjoy!

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Spinach & Penne Salad
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Mix together olive oil, garlic powder and basil.
  2. Cover and place in fridge overnight or until ready to serve.
  3. Remove dressing from fridge and stir in mayonnaise.
  4. Mix together spinach, penne and dressing.
  5. Top with Parmesan.

 

Comments

  2. Deb Foster says

    I am enjoying reading all your yummy looking recipes and wonderful photos. I am unable to see as to where to do print outs for the recipes. Am I missing something or do you have any suggestions? Many thanks!

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    • Tonia says

      Thanks, Deb! My blog used to be in a different format that didn’t allow me to have the printable recipe feature. My new recipes have a button for printing but unfortunately the older ones do not. I am trying to slowly make my way through previous post to update them but it is very time consuming. I’ve added the print feature to this recipe though. In the meantime, I would suggest opening a blank Word document, copying the recipes and pasting them into the document to print. Or let me know if there are some other recipes you would like me to update with the print feature and I will do those right away! Thanks for the feedback!

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