If you’re looking for a quick, easy and delicious pasta salad, look no further! Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Salad with Garden Veggies is just what you’re looking for! Perfect to make and take to your next cookout or the family reunion! Continue reading Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Salad
Category Archives: Pasta Salads
Pasta salad recipes
Honey Garlic Ranch Pasta Salad
Honey Garlic Ranch Pasta Salad is the perfect quick, easy and delicious take along dish for any family barbecue or cookout! The simple, yet flavorful ingredients work together to create a wonderful fresh and bright experience with every bite! Continue reading Honey Garlic Ranch Pasta Salad
Tangy Summer Pasta Salad
Originally posted 05/15/16
Salads, to me, mean the season is just right for summer barbecues and gatherings with family and friends. I know I’ve shared a few salad recipes recently, but I think that may be because I’m so looking forward to this coming season! This week’s featured recipe is another yummy, quick and easy pasta salad! Tangy Summer Pasta Salad is so simple, yet so delicious, that it certainly didn’t last long at this house! The combination of tri-colored pasta, delicious sun dried tomatoes, and other yummy veggies is a delight to the taste buds, for sure! And isn’t everything better with the savory, scrumptious flavor of BACON? Until next time, have a great week! Lisa
If you enjoy these recipes, be sure to check out my Cornfed Creations Cookbook that features over 100 different recipes for quick and easy meal fixin’s.
Lisa - Cornfed Creations
A bright & fresh summer salad!
20 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
35 minTotal Time
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, then cover with cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain again and place in a medium mixing bowl.
- Add the sun dried tomatoes, black olives, peppercinis, onion and bacon to pasta, and stir gently to combine; set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the balsamic vinegar, canola oil and garlic.
- Pour vinegar mixture over pasta mixture and stir to coat.
- Add Parmesan cheese and fold to blend.
- Chill before serving and garnish with additional bacon and Parmesan cheese, if desired.
Grandma Donna’s Mac N Tuna Salad
Originally posted 04/16/16
Spring appears to finally be here at last! This week has been the sunniest one so far at our house! I’m so happy to see the new buds on the trees! The warmer weather has put me in the mood for fresh and cool salads. One of my family’s favorites is this week’s featured recipe. Grandma Donna’s Mac N Tuna Salad is a must-have staple around our place, especially during the spring and summer seasons! The creamy texture of this salad, combined with the crunch of celery & onion, and the rich flavor of tuna, is a delicious and refreshing salad at the dinner table or any carry-in gathering! Quick and easy to put together, this salad recipe is sure to have your family asking for more! Have a great week! Lisa
If you enjoy these recipes, be sure to check out my Cornfed Creations Cookbook that features over 100 different recipes for quick and easy meal fixin’s.
Lisa - Cornfed Creations
Creamy & different, this salad will disappear fast!
20 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
35 minTotal Time
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cook macaroni according to package directions then drain and rinse with cold water.
- In a large mixing bowl, add drained and cooled pasta, onion, celery, tuna and sweet relish.
- Stir gently to combine, and then add the mayonnaise, granulated garlic and celery seeds.
- Stir gently again to combine, and then fold in the sweet peas.
- Cover and refrigerate for a few hours prior to serving to allow flavors to blend.
- Garnish with parsley flakes, if desired
Zippy Italian Pasta Salad
This salad is a cool and delicious choice for those pot luck dinner and carry in lunches. Full of fresh veggies, colorful rotini pasta and flavored with Italian dressing, it’s so simple and fresh, you’ll be getting requests for seconds and the recipe! Enjoy!!
Lisa - Cornfed Creations
Yields 12-16
18 minPrep Time
12 minCook Time
30 minTotal Time
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and cool slightly. In a large bowl, add Italian dressing, Italian seasoning and garlic powder to pasta and combine gently. To the pasta mixture, add mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, onion, peppercinis and about a quarter of the peppercinis juice and gently fold together. Chill three to four hours or overnight and stir before serving.