pasta salad?

Question

im looking for a good pasta salad recipe. someone brought this awesome pasta salad to a pot roast once and i would like to make one. she no longer works with me so i cannot ask her. I have tried the store bought pastas and they are terrible! so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

im just looking for any type of cold pasta salad that does not have any peppers or garlic in it...dont know what she used, but im wanting to try pretty much anything that it good!

Answer 1

www.foodnetwork.com They can give you so many recipes using all manner of ingredients. One of them will probably work for you.
My father makes a great salad that you can probably get modified online. But basically it's rotini pasta "corkscrew" shapes, cooked and drained. Then in a salad bowl add mozzarella cheese, if you get sticks of string cheese you can cut them in bits and it works the same. add in sliced olives, dice green bell pepper and or fresh or jar red bell pepper depending upon price of produce in your area, as well as diced red (purple) or regular brown onion for flavor and mix together after pasta has cooled. You could also sprinkle parmesan cheese on top if you wish. For the dressing use your favorite Italian dressing, house, creamy anything will work. Use a couple tablespoons at most, or pour dressing and count to 2, just enough for pasta to be coated, not drowning. If you want more vegetables you can add in wedges of tomato and for added flavor in the presentation you can purchase pepperoni slices and set them on top like a modified antipasto salad.

Answer 2

CRABTASTIC PASTA SALAD


1/2 pound (8 ounces) corkscrew pasta

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup Italian dressing

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 green onions, chopped

1 large tomato, seeded and diced

1/2 cup chopped broccoli

1 large seedless cucumber, diced

2 cups imitation crabmeat, chopped


Cook pasta according to box directions; drain and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine mayonnaise, Italian dressing, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, onions, tomato, broccoli, cucumber and crabmeat; stir until well blended.

Pour pasta into dressing mixture and toss until pasta is well coated.


Makes 4 to 6 servings.


*Note: This recipe can be changed-up very easily. You could add cooked, diced chicken, shrimp or tuna instead of crabmeat. Also, you could turn this into a seafood salad by adding shrimp, tuna and crabmeat all three.

Answer 3

Sausage Pasta Salad

125gram Dried tri-colour pasta twists; cooked and cooled
6 Best Quality Sausages - go with your favourite brand or flavour (cooked and cooled)
1stick celery
4Salad onions; diagonally sliced
1Red apple; cored and diced
3 tablespoon Mayonnaise
3 tablespoon Freshly chopped mixed herbs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Lettuce leaves to serve

1. Diagonally slice the sausages and place in a bowl with the pasta, celery, salad onions, apple, mayonnaise, herbs and seasoning to taste. 2. Mix well and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves. Serve chilled.

Answer 4

try this one, it's always a crowd favorite

Ham and Pea pasta salad

cook off 1# rotini pasta, make sure to use plenty of oil in the water and a lot of salt, i suggest a 1/4, when the pasta is al dente cool it off with cold water immediately, the salt should make it bitter, that's a good thing, it will bring out the flavor of the pasta

in a bowl mix together 1 cup of peas, 1 cup of diced ham, 1tbs of lawry's seasoning salt, 1tbs ground black pepper, 1/2 cup of mayo, 1/4 cup of ranch dressing and then mix it all together

i promise you'll love it

Answer 5

Bow Tie Pasta Salad

Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
Makes: 10 servings, 1 cup each

1 pkg. (8 oz.) bow tie pasta, uncooked
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Hard Salami
1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen Italian-style vegetable combination, thawed
1 pkg. (4 oz.) Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 bottle (8 oz.) Creamy Italian Dressing

COOK pasta as directed on package; drain. Cut salami into 1/4-inch strips; separate strips.
TOSS all ingredients in large bowl; cover.
REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour or until ready to serve.

Answer 6

1 Med. Califlower, 3-4 Green onions, 1 Cucmber (the really lond ones), 2 packages of Captain's Choice Imitation Crab, little shell pasta (cooked and cold).
Mix all together with Mayo.
It's SOOO GOOD. You gotta try it. I had my doubts at first too.

Answer 7

You did not list the ingredients that were in the salad so I did a search that has a long list of cold salads. Its a list of ingredients,pictures,and reviews Hopefully this helps...

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=pasta+salad

Answer 8

You might try this website for good pasta salad recipes:
http://www.epicurious.com/

I've tried a few of them and they're good. I'm particular to pasta with pesto sauce or mixed veggies in olive oil with artichoke hearts and capers.

Answer 9

basic is pasta and mayo, some pickle relish will add tang and help preserve. for chicken salad, put in boiled and slightly salted chicken slivers of white meat. for ham salad, then use cut-up ham. you then can have ham and chicken macaroni. then deviate using other hams, add raisins in. put good stuff as you can't go wrong