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7 Easy Pasta Salad Recipes

These simple recipes are ideal for a picnic, potluck, or cookout. Even...Christmas?

Pasta Salad Tips

"Make it the night before if possible to allow the flavors to meld together." -- Daisy K

"If you dry the noodles (like pat them with a clean dish or paper towels to get the water off), the dressing will really stick a lot better." -- I'm nuts too...

"Add some finely chopped red onion for flavor and a lovely color addition." -- Poutbaby

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1. "This salad is awesome! I even made it as a side for Christmas dinner. It's very colorful and pretty, as well as delicious." -- RegularMom

Spinach Basil Pasta Salad

2. "I made this for my step-daughter's grad party and total strangers asked me for the recipe." -- Mrs. K

Antipasto Pasta Salad

3. "I took this to a cookout and everyone loved it. I will definately make this again."-- ELLIS3100

Greek Pasta Salad

These simple pasta salads also get plenty of compliments:

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5. Awesome Pasta Salad

6. Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

7. Spinach Pasta Salad

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dianesherwood

May 8, 2012 3:08 pm

love pasta salads, looking for a good spagetti salad?

Bernie patrico

May 18, 2012 6:26 am

Bacon ranch pasta salad recipe. Nowhere does it state to add pasta. Should be at the end

mrtim

May 19, 2012 4:02 am

Bernie, make sure all of your other ingred are thoroughly mixed together, then toss your cooked pasta to coat

Jude M

May 19, 2012 6:20 am

Most of these pasta salad recipes have a very high sodium content. So for health reasons, I will not try any of those.

mhnewell

May 19, 2012 10:12 am

Seriously going to try almost every one of these. Perfect for bringing summer lunches into the office!

sylvia j

May 20, 2012 4:54 am

Jude m Omit salt by using salt free mrs. Dash or nusalt.

sylvia j

May 20, 2012 4:57 am

Jude m Omit salt by using nusalt or mrs. Dash.

Carolyn

May 20, 2012 10:55 am

bacon ranch salad is great..can be made with any pasta..

T Howard

May 21, 2012 3:22 am

I can not wait to try thr Bacon Ranch with Chili burgers this weekend.

mr dee

Aug. 14, 2012 12:38 pm

Looking for spagetti salad just change pasta.

crysbue

Jun. 1, 2013 7:52 pm

If you are worried about salt content, you can always adjust recipes to suit your dietary needs. My mother-in-law has a very restrictive diet when it comes to salt in-take; I was pleasantly surprised to see that the basil and spinach salad is perfect even with the parm and salami mixed in. Thank you so much for posting these! I dearly needed a new summer salad to add to the mix!

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