How to Make Pasta Salad

Learning how to make pasta salad is really as easy as using ingredients you have on hand or using whatever your imagination comes up with. I love pasta salad because it is so versatile. You can switch ingredients easily and create a totally different meal. Try some of these ideas to change up your pasta salad meal.

How to Make Pasta Salad- Ingredient Ideas

How to Make Pasta Salad Recipes

Tortellini Pasta Salad

8 oz. frozen tortellini, cooked and cooled
1 cucumber, diced
1 tomato, diced
1/3 Cup feta cheese
1/3 Cup black olives, sliced
1/4 Cup chopped nuts
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Cook tortellini and allow to cool about 10 minutes. In salad bowl add cucumber, tomato, crumbled feta cheese and black olives. Drizzle olive oil over salad and toss. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle nuts over top.

BLT Pasta Salad Recipe

6 oz. elbow macaroni, cooked
8 slices bacon cooked, cut up
1 large Tomato cut up
4 Cups lettuce cut up
Dressing:
1 Cup mayo or salad dressing
1/4 Cup lemon juice from concentrate
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon
2 teaspoons sugar
In a salad bowl, add cooked macaroni and tomato. Stir together dressing ingredients and blend together. Pour over macaroni and chill in fridge. Before serving stir in lettuce and chopped bacon and serve immediately.

Pesto Salad

pasta
chopped tomatoes
pesto
Cook pasta and drain. Toss with pesto and chopped tomatoes. You can add more chopped vegetables that you like, too.

 

Beef Italian Dressing Pasta Salad

3 Cups pasta cooked and drained
2 teaspoons beef flavor bouillon
1 Cup Italian salad dressing
1 Cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 lb. Beef strips
2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
6 oz. provolone cheese, cubed
1/2 Cup sliced olives
Brown meat in 1 teaspoon bouillon in oil.  Combine meat, pasta, salad dressing and  remaining 1  teaspoon bouillon. Let stand 15 minutes.

Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Cover and chill. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

We love this recipe for 8 layer salad.

Pasta Salad

by Tot Snob Kelly

Any kind of Pasta
Deli Turkey cut up small
Frozen Peas (defrosted in hot water)
Cherry Tomatoes cut in half

Toss with olive oil and salt

Mediterranean Grilled Zucchini Pasta Salad

by Faiza
(Pakistan)

 

At times, salads turn out to be a real lifesaver. Just like pastas and sandwiches, salads can be prepared with as much time and effort as you wish to give! Try out this salad recipe to give your meal that slight exotic twist!

Ingredients:

2 cups diced prepared smoked chicken sausage
300 grams of prepared frozen cheese filled tortellini
2 medium sized diced red bell pepper
2 medium sized sliced zucchini
2 cups diced cottage cheese
1/2 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomato
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

For the dressing:
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons white vinegar (optional)
1 finely chopped garlic clove


Cook tortellini pasta according to the directions on the package. Grease the grill pan with cooking oil. Toss zucchini slices with garlic powder and grill on the greased grill pan on medium-low heat for about 3-4 minutes per side. Squeeze out the excess oil from the sun-dried tomatoes.

To prepare the dressing, whisk white vinegar with olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and garlic powder in a mixing bowl. In large bowl, toss grilled cooked pasta, sun-dried tomatoes and zucchini along with all the other ingredients with the prepared dressing and serve.

How to make pasta salad recipe - Italian Pepper Pasta

8 oz. of uncooked bow tie pasta
12 oz. Italian sausage links, cut into 1 in pieces
2 red sweet peppers cut into pieces
1/2 Cup of beef broth
1/4 tsp pepper

Cook the pasta as directed on the package and drain well.
Place the sausage and peppers into a large skillet.
Cook the mixture over medium high heat for 5 minutes, stirring often, or until the sausage is browned and the peppers are tender.
Drain off any fat.
Pour the broth into the skillet.
Stir in the pepper and bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and cook 5 minutes.
Pour the mixture over the pasta and stir to coat the pasta completely.

Makes 4 servings

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