Pasta Salad without sprigs cheddar canola vinaigrette

It's funny how life as a child seemed so much simpler. If I wanted carbs, I ate carbs. If I wanted sweets, I ate sweets. As I got older, and as my metabolism[...]

It's funny how life as a child seemed so much simpler. If I wanted carbs, I ate carbs. If I wanted sweets, I ate sweets. As I got older, and as my metabolism[...]

Almost every year, I attempt to set off the summer with a pasta salad that aspires to be everything the underseasoned, swmming-in-mayo pasta salads many of us[...]

1 pound pasta, penne 1 each garlic clove quartered 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup parsley leaves stemmed 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon curry[...]

4 each tomatoes ripe, peeled 2 each garlic cloves 2 ounces rock salt chopped coarsely * 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 ounces pasta, penne 1 x salt ground * 1 x[...]

6 ounces macaroni or 6 ounces other small salad-type pasta 5 hot dogs, boiled and sliced in rounds (or smaller bits for young children to avoid choking[...]

1 cup pasta uncooked * 3/4 pound artichoke hearts marinated 3/4 cup alfalfa sprouts firmly packed 1 small green bell pepper finely chopped 1 medium carrot[...]

1 (16 ounce) package tri colored pasta rotini pasta or 1 (16 ounce) package penne pasta 2 quarts water 1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons oil, for water 1 (1/8[...]

6 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 small garlic clove , minced 2 ounces fresh chives , chopped to yield 1/4 cup 9 ounces bocconcini[...]

375 g rotini pasta 3/4 cup celery (2 sticks cut in half lengthwise and then chopped 1/4 inch or so) 3/4 cup carrot (chopped) 1/2 cup chopped tomato (I like[...]

1 lb pasta (wagon wheel or "little flower" pasta) 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian salad dressing 1 (8 ounce) can black olives 4 ounces mozzarella cheese 4 ounces[...]

1 lb cavatappi pasta (I use Medium Shells) or 1 lb corkscrew macaroni (I use Medium Shells) or 1 lb medium pasta shell (I use Medium Shells) coarse salt 1 cup[...]

1 cup packed fresh basil leaf 2 garlic cloves , peeled 2 tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped (curly or flat leaf) 2 tablespoons pine nuts , lightly toasted[...]

1 (12 ounce) box whole wheat penne 2 -3 tablespoons fat-free Italian salad dressing 1 -2 teaspoon white vinegar or 1 -2 teaspoon red wine vinegar 8 -10 medium[...]

2 lbs broccoli 3 garlic cloves , halved lengthwise (skin on) 2 tablespoons olive oil 8 ounces penne pasta 2 tablespoons lemon juice 8 ounces roasted red[...]