Pasta Salad without feta mint

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[...]

3 ounce Ziti pasta , uncooked 3 ounce Bowtie pasta, uncooked 3 ounce Spinach rotini pasta,     Uncooked 1/2 c. Minced green pepper 1/2 c. Minced red pepper[...]

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[...]

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

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[...]

12 ounces rotini pasta (you can use whatever kind you want, I use the tri-color stuff) 1/2 cup corn kernel 1 cup chopped broccoli 1 diced red pepper (roasted,[...]

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[...]