Overnight Spinach Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Day 1:
2 cups penne pasta, uncooked
1/3 cup olive oil
3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bunch fresh basil, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
2 cups penne pasta, uncooked
1/3 cup olive oil
3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bunch fresh basil, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cook pasta, rinse and drain. Blend olive oil, garlic, basil, salt and pepper in a food processor. Add to pasta and refrigerate overnight.
Day 2:
1 10-ounce pack fresh spinach, coarsely shredded
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
Toss spinach, walnuts, Parmesan and mayonnaise into pasta mixture until well blended. Adjust mayonnaise, salt and pepper to achieve desired seasoning and consistency. Serves 4 to 6.
Tips From Our Test Kitchen: Garnish with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Day 2:
1 10-ounce pack fresh spinach, coarsely shredded
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
Toss spinach, walnuts, Parmesan and mayonnaise into pasta mixture until well blended. Adjust mayonnaise, salt and pepper to achieve desired seasoning and consistency. Serves 4 to 6.
Tips From Our Test Kitchen: Garnish with shaved Parmesan cheese.
American Profile Cookbooks
Did you like this recipe? You can now buy your favorite American Profile recipes as professionally bound cookbooks.Buy your American Profile cookbooks today
Other Recipe Suggestions
If you liked this Overnight Spinach Pasta Salad recipe, then you might also like these other tasty recipes.- Braciole-Crowned Pasta
- Italian Pasta
- Shrimp and Pasta Salad
- Shrimp Basil
- Aunt Peggy's Salmon Pasta Salad
Discuss this Recipe
There are no current discussions for this recipe. Why not be the first?
Below are the most recent American Profile articles:
- Jamming to the Homemade Blues
- Peace Corps
- Watching for Wildfires
- Cranberry Bread with Orange and Oats
- Carolyn's Morsels
- Picnics Made Easy
- Strut, Cluck, Cackle
- Jersey Boy
- America's Favorite Fishin' Buddy
- Preparing to move
Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile articles:
- Meet Tim Russert
- Andy Griffith
- Kenny Chesney's Christmas
- A Dream Come True for Trace Adkins
- The Imus Ranch
- Bill Gaither: The Gospel of Giving
- The Civilian Conservation Corps
- Living Small
- Hometown Harmonizers
- Library Cats
Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile recipes:
- Buttermilk Brownie Cake
- Baked Macaroni and Cheese
- Best Ever Meatloaf
- Canned Corn Casserole
- Lemon Tiramisu Cake
- Barbecue Beef Cups
- Midnight Biscotti
- Strawberry Sour Cream Pie
- Maxine's Cookies (TX)
- Lemon Tiramisu Cake
Where to read American Profile
American Profile is a weekly magazine carried in newspapers across the country. Check out list of partner papers to see where you can read American Profile.
American Profile is a weekly magazine carried in newspapers across the country. Check out list of partner papers to see where you can read American Profile.

