Pasta & Broccoli Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing

Happy Monday! The days just fly by don’t they..

Who’s ready to start spring with a refreshing spring salad?

This pasta salad is made with fresh grape tomatoes (you can also use cherry tomatoes or just regular tomatoes chopped up), broccoli, black olives, and pasta of course.

I topped it with a fresh homemade creamy lemon dressing. Have you ever heard of a creamy lemon dressing? I made this dressing today and boy it was delicious. It’s light, creamy and packed with an amazing lemon flavor.

I know homemade dressing might sound hard but it’s really easy to make. Whisk all the ingredients and your done! Didn’t I tell you it was going to be easy 🙂

Okay let’s get started cooking! First your going to want to boil some water and cook the pasta for 5-8 minutes or until it’s nice and soft; not to soft though because it will get sticky, trust me..

While the pasta is cooking go ahead and boil the broccoli as well but for no more than 1 minute. After you have drained the pasta and broccoli combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and pour some of that nice and creamy lemon dressing!

Pasta & Broccoli salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing

5 from 2 votes

Print Rate

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Author: Layla

Ingredients

• 2 cups rotelle pasta dry
• 2 cups broccoli
• 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes halved
• 1/2 cup sliced black olives
• Creamy Lemon Dressing
• 1/8 Cup light mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup Greek yogurt or sour-cream
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 2 Teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar optional
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

• First your going to want to boil some water and cook the pasta for 5-8 minutes or until it's nice and soft; not to soft though because it will get sticky, trust me..
  
  
• While the pasta is cooking go ahead and boil the broccoli as well but for no more than 1 minute. After you have drained the pasta and broccoli combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and pour some of that nice and creamy lemon dressing!
  
  
• Creamy Lemon Dressing
• Add all the ingredients to a bowl, whisk together and season to taste.You can add or reduce the milk to make the dressing thicker or lighter to taste.
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  Salad can be stored in fridge for up to 3 days with or without dressing