Easy Marinated Vegetables

Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Blanch broccoli and cauliflower for one minute in boiling water before adding to other ingredients - red bell pepper, cucumber and carrots. Splash with a nice Italian salad dressing and let the flavors mingle for a bit in the refrigerator before serving.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
1 1/2 cups cauliflower florets
1 green bell pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 cucumber - peeled, seeded and chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup Italian-style salad dressing

Directions

1 Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Place the broccoli and cauliflower florets into the boiling water for one minute. Drain and rinse florets.
2 Combine broccoli, cauliflower, bell pepper, cucumber, carrot and Italian salad dressing in a medium size mixing bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the vegetables for one hour.