What's the best pasta salad you've had

Hosting a party soon and need a good pasta salad recipe. TIA

What's the best pasta salad you've had

Honestly my favorite is just: tri color pasta with roasted red peppers, mozzarella, and Wish Bone Italian dressing. For some reason...has to be Wish Bone.
ETA: you can also add chick peas, black or green olives or broccoli.

I've also made one that was just orzo, basil Parmesan with a lemon vinaigrette, but that was more of a side instead of rice.

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I just kind of wing it and get a ton of compliments on this one:

Tri Color Rotini
Black and Green olives
Fresh Mozz Balls (Marinated if you can get them)
Cut up roasted red peppers from the jar
Baby Argula finely chopped up
Chopped Red onion
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Bottle of Zesty Italian Dressing (can be wishbone or Ken's but has to be the ZESTY kind)

It's best if made the night before or sevearl hours before an allowed to sit

What's the best pasta salad you've had

Orzo
Finely chopped Red onion, Red pepper, Green pepper, Cucumber
Feta cheese crumbles
Coarse sea salt
Pepper
evoo
A drizzle of balsamic reduction on the top

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Cold tortellini salad is my favorite. I make it pretty simply - tortellini, sun dried tomatoes, bocconcini, fresh basil and olive oil. I season it with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder etc. and I just taste as I go. I always get compliments on it.

ETA: Sometimes I use roasted red peppers instead of sun dried tomatoes - either way is delicious!

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What's the best pasta salad you've had

Standard tri color rotini or farfalle with:
4 bean salad, drained
Chick peas
Roasted red peppers
Blanched broccoli
Sliced black olives
Frozen peas and carrots, steamed
Dressing- I love good ol Wishbone like someone said or ken's Light Caesar with some of the oil drained out, I add oregano when I use that.
I found that slightly undercooking the pasta is the best way to go.

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bow tie pasta
mozzarella balls
cherry tomoatoes- halved
garlic and EVOO
diced up cooked chicken breast
basil & oregano

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I love this one: Greek Tortellini Salad

What's the best pasta salad you've had

tortellini, provolone cheese cut into chunks, diced red peppers, italian dressing.

greek pasta salad: feta, oilives, artichokes, cherry tomatoes, greek dressing

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This one!

Pasta salad is a staple at parties for my family. This one is one of my favorites.

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Everybody raves about mine:
Tricolor rotini
stick of pepperoni, cut into discs, then 1/4s
block of mozzarella, cut into cubes
red onion, small dice
tomato (either seeded and diced, or grape tomatoes)
Good Seasons italian dressing (the packet that you mix with your own oil & vinegar)
*optional: at times, I've added some blanched carrots and broccoli

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I make a tortellini salad all the time that I always get a lot of compliments on and it's very simple.

I try to find the tri-color tortellini because it makes it more colorful, but if not I use regular.

I use 2 red and orange peppers, green olives, shredded cheddar cheese and sometimes I add broccoli. I put everything together except for the cheese and let it cool in the fridge for a little. Then I add the cheese and Wishbone Italian Dressing. It's delicious!

What's the best pasta salad you've had

So many great recipes! THANKS!

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I love the Mediterranean one that I make - super simple and super yummy. And one box of pasta makes so much with this recipe:

- Two bell peppers (I like using yellow/orange and red)
- Cherry tomatoes (usually one box)
- Red onions (about half chopped up small)
- I like to use Farfalle/bow tie pasta - once it cools down, add in the veggies
- Then I make a vinaigrette that's part vinegar, part olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper and add it to the salad.
- Once salad has fully chilled with the vinaigrette, I toss it again, and add in crumbled feta.

Yummy.

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What's the best pasta salad you've had

I love mine...
Pasta
Celery
Green onion
A red pepper,green, and yellow pepper diced
Black olives
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Mayo
White vinegar
Knorr vegetable dip mix
Pepper
Salt

We sometimes add tuna, yummy

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