Creepy-Crawly Pasta Salad Recipe

Creepy-Crawly Pasta Salad Recipe

As a change of pace from pasta salads featuring Italian salad dressing or mayonnaise, our home economists developed a delicious sweet-and-sour dressing.
* 13 Servings
* Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Ingredients
* 8 ounces uncooked fusilli pasta or other spiral pasta
* 1 medium zucchini, julienned
* 1 cup cherry tomatoes
* 1 cup fresh cauliflowerets
* 1 cup colossal ripe olives, halved
* 3/4 cup pimiento-stuffed olives
* 1 small green pepper, chopped
* 1/2 cup chopped red onion

DRESSING:
* 1/4 cup ketchup
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 2 tablespoons white vinegar
* 1/2 small onion, cut into wedges
* 1 garlic clove, peeled
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 cup canola oil

Directions
* Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add the zucchini, tomatoes, cauliflower, olives, green pepper and red onion.

* In a blender, combine the ketchup, sugar, vinegar, onion, garlic, paprika and salt; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream; process until thickened. Pour over pasta salad; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Yield: 13 servings.

Creepy-Crawly Pasta Salad published in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2006, p242 Beth Layman :)