A Quick and Easy Side Dish with Hunt’s Signature Recipes – Italian Vegetable Pasta Salad

Bringing flavor, health, deliciousness and ease to my table with Hunt’s Signature Recipe Collection…

There’s nothing like a New Year to think about changes that will  enhance our lives.  And there’s nothing like a trusted “friend” like Hunt’s to make the changes so easy and so healthy.

I’m excited to be teaming up with my favorite go-to brand, Hunt’s, and its incredible Hunt’s Signature Recipe Collection to show you how to create the most flavorful, healthy meals in… yes, minutes!

We’re all pretty busy.  I’m no exception.  With my 4 adult children, their spouses, my 9 grandkids (and another one the way!), my Mom, my husband, my work and my activities like running and a triathlon here and there, my plate is full.  But I don’t want my full activity plate to take away from my love of cooking for just my husband and me or entertaining my large family and circle of friends… and I want my meals and my plates rich with color, flavor and the healthiest, freshest ingredients.

This is why I keep my pantry stocked with Hunt’s.  Take that 7:00 pm moment, for example, when I get home on Sunday evening from my 3rd grandchild swim meet of the weekend and remember that a big national football game is on the next night and I had invited my daughter and son-in-law for dinner and the game.

Yikes?  Not really.

I had already planned an easy, healthy, fun meal using two recipes from Hunt’s Signature Recipe CollectionItalian Vegetable Pasta Salad and Bruschetta Chicken Grill and I set about my work…

At my fingertips, Hunt’s Signature Recipe Collection provides beautiful photographs, Prep TimeServing Size, very easy to follow Ingredients and Directions and – very important to me as a wife/Mom/Grandma/Caregiver to my Mom/athlete – Nutrition Information.

There’s something wonderful about getting nutritious veggies like carrots, zucchini and tomatoes into a quick meal.  Hunt’s takes care of the tomato part for me with its freshly-picked 100% FlashSteam goodness. I feel very good about this.  (Oh, I see that I didn’t remove my swim meet entry bracelet!)

Pasta’s cooking as I mix up the rest of the ingredients.

Beautiful, colorful, healthy, delicious Hunt’s Italian Vegetable Pasta Salad in, I’m here to tell you, less than 25 minutes.

This dish will be popped into the fridge and ready to enjoy along with the Bruschetta Chicken Grill and the football game.

Stay tuned!

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Disclosure: I am proudly working with Hunt’s. Although this is sponsored content, Hunt’s has always been my go-to favorite and all of my opinions are my own.

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14 Comments

  1. 1.14.13
    Karen said:

    That bruchetta chicken recipe is THE BEST thing ever. I saw it in a magazine awhile back and made it that night and it is AMAZEBALLS. Hope your family enjoys it too!

  2. 1.14.13

    That pasta salad looks REALLY good. I love a good pasta tossed with lots of veggies. I may have to make this for my son and I this week while my husband is out of town on business (he’s not a big veggie eater)!!

  3. 1.14.13
    Sharon said:

    Melissa… this recipe took, literally, the time it took to boil up a small pot of pasta, everyone in my family loves it, it’s delicious as a leftover AND you get in all your veggies!

  4. 1.14.13

    I try and cook with fresh/whole foods whenever possible. The one area I always seem to use canned/jarred is with tomatoes! I use them in soups, chili, sauces, etc. I didn’t know about the FlashSteam Freshness – definitely a benefit of using Hunt’s! Thanks for the information and the recipe – it looks delicious.

  5. 1.14.13

    I put diced tomatoes in so many things. That pasta salad looks delicious.

  6. 1.14.13

    I use Hunt’s tomatoes and sauce in so many different ways – this one looks yummy!

  7. 1.14.13

    We use Hunt’s canned tomatoes all of the time for recipes, it’s the best!

  8. 1.14.13
    Megan said:

    Oh that pasta/vegetable salad looks delicious! I will definitely be making that. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 (ps…we LOVE Hunts! I always stock up when it goes on sale.)

  9. 1.14.13

    And Ladies, I’ll be bringing many more Hunt’s Signature Recipe Collection creations that I have already tested and LOVED for their ease, deliciousness AND health value!

  10. 1.14.13
    mel said:

    Oh my goodness… This looks marvelous. We love Hunt’s canned tomatoes. We use them all the time!

  11. 1.15.13
    candice said:

    This looks so healthy and easy. I’m going to have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

  12. 1.15.13

    Love this! We use Hunt’s all the time, but the flashsteam are totally new to me.

  13. 1.16.13

    Nice job!! That looked YUMMY!!! Pinning this recipe!

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