Weekend Recap & My Favorite Summer Recipe!
2:46:00 PMHappy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!! {P.S. sorry for the late post, Monday's just aren't agreeing with me lately :( }
Well, Andrew & I hosted our very first BBQ in the new house this past Saturday & I would say it was an absolute success.
Unfortunately I do not have many pictures during the event {We were busy mingling with family & friends, drinking some beer & playing ladder ball!}, however I have a few of the house all set up & looking fantastic... I was quite proud of it all
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| Yummy food, there was way more by the time people started showing up & bringing dishes to share! |
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| I made labels for all of the condiments |
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| Hot dogs & Hamburgers galore! |
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| The drink station :) |
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| Our living room all ready for the guests! |
So, since I had such a lack of photos from the weekend, I decided that I would share a recipe with you all. This is by far my most favorite summer dish to whip together, either for Andrew to pick on while he's home {which is majority of the time, he doesn't like to share this with people... ever} or to bring to family gatherings! It is my grandmother's summer pasta salad. {Now I am sure people have made this before & it's not an original, however she is the one who inspired me to start making it myself so to me, it's hers}
What You Will Need:
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| 1. Grape Tomatoes, cut in half {this is extremely important} |
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| 2. Broccoli... cleaned & torn apart {You can buy them already to go if you wish} |
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| 3. Cubed Colby Jack Cheese {Cut in fourths} |
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| 3a. Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese {I failed & didn't have enough cubed cheese and seeming as it was so late, I didn't have time to get more SO this had to do } |
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| 4. Old Dutch Sweet & Sour dressing Wish Bone LIGHT Italian dressing {Old Dutch is essential! Any Italian will do} |
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| 5. Shell Noodles {I buy the medium shells, make the whole box} |
What to Do:
1. Boil & drain the noodles {Pictured above}
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| 2. After you cut the tomatoes in half, put them in a large bowl |
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| 3. Add the broccoli |
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| 4. Mix in the cheese |
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| 5. Add the noodles in with the tomatoes, broccoli & cheese {Mix well} |
6. At this point I add in the dressing, now it is really just up to you as to how much you put in. For a double batch I used the entire bottle of Sweet & Sour and roughly 3/4 of the bottle of Italian. Playing around with the amounts is really the best way to decipher what you like and don't like {Personally, I like way more sweet & sour than Italian... Andrew is a bit opposite so I have to find that perfect medium.
If you get the urge to try this recipe out, please let me know how it goes :)
8 comments
Ah! You did SO great!! Love all of the little touches you added. What a great party!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great party! Did you paint those Chevron canvases in your living room? I just painted some of those as well :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great party! And the salad looks yummy
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! Colorful and tasty, need to keep this in mind!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! Thanks for sharing :) What a fun party! Love, your newest follower. <3
ReplyDeleteEverything looks like it came out great, but it's definitely hard to host a party and make sure you take enough pictures :-P
ReplyDeleteThat recipe looks amazing! I'll definitely have to try it out, thank you so much for posting.
Your new place looks so cute! That pasta salad looks amazing too!
ReplyDeleteAhh!! Past salad is one of my favorite summer foods as well. Yours looks SO good! :)
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