Pasta salad..any good recipes?

Question

recipes to where the salad isnt 'dry' the next day.

Answer 1

Hi. I have a great recipe for pasta salad. I think the trick for not letting it get dry is the fact that there is olive oil in the salad. Now I don't really have exact amounts of ingredients because I sort of throw this together. In any case, here are the ingredients:

Tri-colored spiral (corkscrew) pasta--10 or 12 ounces?
2 small cans sliced black olives
1 cup broccoli, cut very small
4 oz. jar diced/chopped pimentos
8 oz. parmesan cheese
enough ranch dressing to coat
1/4 cup olive oil
black pepper

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

This definitely isn't dry the next day, in fact you will need to stir it well before serving because the dressing pools at the bottom of the bowl - it's a real crowd pleaser and I always get asked for the recipe:

VEG-ALL MACARONI SALAD

1 box ring macaroni or 1/2 package small ditali pasta (cooked and drained)

1 large red onion, diced

1 cucumber, diced

1 cup celery, diced

2 (16 oz.) cans Veg-all vegetables, drained

1 (16 oz.) package frozen vegetable of your choice, cooked as directed on package (I usually use corn)

1-2 tomatoes or red pepper

Mix ingredients together, adding pasta last - add pasta a little at a time, it's easy to add too much, just put in as much as it takes to still look colorful from the other ingredients

DRESSING

Combine together:

1 1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. parsley flakes
1 Tbsp. dill weed
3/4 cup white vinegar
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. prepared mustard
1 1/2 tsp. pepper

Heat in pan until sugar is melted - don't have to boil it, just until sugar is melted. Cool and pour over salad.

Refrigerate overnight before serving. Stir before serving.
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Answer 3

Best Chicken Pasta Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3/4 cup steak sauce
1 (12 ounce) package fusilli pasta
2 cubes chicken bouillon
1 Vidalia onion, diced
2 avocados - peeled, pitted and diced
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1 cup Ranch-style salad dressing

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Place breasts into a glass baking dish and marinate in steak sauce for 15 to 60 minutes.
Grill chicken until no longer pink and the juices run clear. Remove from grill, and chop into bite-size pieces.
To a large pot of boiling water, add bouillon cubes and pasta. Cook pasta until al dente. Drain, and rinse under cold water.
In a large bowl, combine chicken, pasta, onion, avocados and tomatoes. Mix in salad dressing, cover, and refrigerate until chilled.

Answer 4

1 box tricolor rotini pasta
1 small can sliced olives
1 small pkg grape/cherry tomatoes
1 red bell pepper
1 red onion
1 cucumber
1 lg bottle kraft zesty italian dressing
Salad seasoning

I boil the pasta according to package directions and drain. Half the cherry tomatoes and cube and dice the onion, bell pepper, and cucumber. Combine all veggies with pasta and toss with a large bottle of Kraft Zesty Italian dressing. Refrigerate

Answer 5

1bx cooked pasta - you pick style
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 orange pepper
1 bunch gr. onion
broccolli
carrots
celery
cucumber
16 oz. cheese - you pick
1 stick pepperoni

chop everything, mix together with you favorite Italian dressing, I use kraft, store in fridge until ready to eat. You can add extra dressing at any point.

Answer 6

Maccheroni and a butterfly-pasta salad.
You can leave out the tuna

http://www.jannekes.eu/salad/index.html

Enjoy!