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cucumber pasta salad, tzatziki pasta salad, easy pasta salad recipe

Cucumber Pasta Salad

A simple recipe that combines pasta, cucumbers and other veggies with a creamy, homemade dressing that's full of flavor.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

Dressing Ingredients

  • ½ cucumber peeled, seeds scooped out and finely diced
  • ½ cup mayo
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ tbsp garlic minced
  • ½ tbsp dill seasoning dried
  • ½ tsp salt
  • juice and zest from one lemon

Remaining Ingredients

  • 12 oz pasta
  • 1 cucumber peeled, seeds scooped out and roughly chopped
  • ½ red onion finely diced
  • 1 cup spinach packed and chopped

Instructions

  1. Boil water for noodles in a large pot.

  2. While waiting, mix all the dressing ingredients together in a large bowl. (See note above regarding removing the seeds from the cucumbers.)

  3. Prepare the veggies. Finely dice the red onions. Chop the spinach into smaller pieces. Peel the cucumber, cut it lengthwise, scoop out the seeds and roughly chop.

  4. Once pasta is done, move to strainer, rinse under cool water and drain well. Add cooled pasta to the bowl with dressing.

  5. Add the red onion, spinach and cucumber. Toss everything together and chill. Enjoy after 3-4 hours in the refrigerator, or you can always make this a day ahead.