Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad Recipe). A small drive-in dairy bar in our town which has been closed for some time used to make this...my kids missed it. I remembered they had the ingredients posted to a board in the drive-in for some reason, so I worked on trying to get it the way they prepared it. It's finally right and I thought I would share it. We like this at room temperature, but it certainly can be refrigerated.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Additional: 30 mins

Total: 55 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta

¼ cup white sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons hot water

¼ cup white vinegar

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 large tomato

diced

1 red bell pepper

diced

¼ cup finely diced sweet onion

1 (8 ounce) package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

1 pinch ground black pepper to taste

Salad

Directions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini pasta at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite about 8 minutes; drain and rinse with cold water to cool.

Step 2

Whisk sugar salt and hot water in a large salad bowl until sugar has dissolved. Stir vinegar vegetable oil and oregano into sugar mixture to make a dressing. Mix tomato red bell pepper and onion in the dressing. Gently fold rotini into dressing and vegetables mix in Cheddar cheese and season with black pepper.

Nutritional Information

Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 337.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 13g 26%

Carbohydrates: 41.1g 13%

Dietary Fiber: 2.3g 9%

Sugars: 9g

Fat: 13.5g 21%

Saturated Fat: 6.6g 33%

Cholesterol: 29.4mg 10%

Vitamin A Iu: 975.1IU 20%

Niacin Equivalents: 6.1mg 47%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 10%

Vitamin C: 22.6mg 38%

Folate: 118.6mcg 30%

Calcium: 225mg 23%

Iron: 2mg 11%

Magnesium: 37mg 13%

Potassium: 226.1mg 6%

Sodium: 469.3mg 19%

Calories From Fat: 121.4

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.