Bring taste and health together with these pasta salad recipes!
The goodness of a salad and the creamy sinful taste of the pasta is the ideal combination. Pasta salads will be your best friend if you don’t have a lot of time on your hands but you still want to whip up something tasty. Pasta salads are also great options for a barbeque party and for picnics. They are healthy and extremely tasty. Here are a few pasta salad recipes that you should definitely give a try.
Grilled Veggie Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is a great began option and is a delicious one at that. Add your favourite veggies into the salad for this pasta. Our top picks would zucchini, bell pepper and asparagus. Use parmesan cheese and some balsamic vinegar for the salad dressing. Cook the pasta and then toss it using olive oil and lemon juice and store it for the night in the fridge. This step will make the pasta salad very moist keeping it from absorbing the moisture from the dressing.
Pizza Pasta Salad
For the folks who love pizza, pasta and salads, this will be a little heaven for you in a dish. This pasta salad is infused with flavours of the pizza. The hero ingredients in this dish are mozzarella, olives and any other choice of pizza toppings as you would prefer. Once you have whipped this one up, it will be devoured in a matter of time. Your pizza night will turned into a pasta salad night with this dish.
Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is packed with flavour. This pasta salad is perfect for a barbeque night. Toss the roasted veggies like carrots, potatoes, bell peppers and anything else you like with some fresh kidney beans and arugula. This recipe is great for all the health fanatic out there who love some cheesy pasta time here and there and will brighten any picnic, party or potluck.
Italian Pesto Pasta Salad
Talking about pasta and not mentioning pesto should be a crime. This pasta has the good flavour of the pesto sauce with salad made of pine nuts that bring a crunchy texture to the dish and some basil and arugula. This pasta salad will give you flavour and texture to play around with. What’s even better is that this one is a fairly easy and quick one to prepare.
