Mix & Match Pasta Salad

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Design your own pasta salad
Choose a pasta
pick a protein
Pick your vegetables
Pick a mix-in
Dress the salad

Ingredients

  • PASTA
  • bow ties
  • wagon wheels
  • fusilli
  • elbows
  • shells
  • penne
  • tortellini
  • PROTEIN
  • chicken
  • steak
  • ham or salami
  • canned tuna
  • eggs, hard-boiled
  • VEGETABLES
  • broccoli florets, blanched
  • corn kernels, blanched
  • carrots, shredded
  • cherry tomoatoes, halved
  • green beans, blanched, chopped
  • snap peas, blanced
  • celery, sliced
  • red onion, diced
  • asparagus, blanced, chopped
  • canned beans, rinsed and drained
  • MIX-IN
  • sun-dried tomatoes, chopepd
  • roasted red peppers, chopped
  • olives, pitted and chopped
  • any cheese, shredded or crumbled
  • bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • DRESSING
  • Vinaigrette
  • Creamy Herb (1/3 cup mayo, 3 T sour cream, 1 1/2 T lemon juice, 1/2 cup chopped herbs)
  • Ranch
  • Garlic & Oil
  • Creamy Parmesan (1/4 cup each mayo and sour cream, 1 T lemon juice, 1/4 tea. finely grated garlic, 3/4 cup grated parmesan)

Preparation

Step 1

Suggested combinations:

Penne + chicken + cherry tomatoes + celery + feta + garlic oil dressing

Wagon wheels + tuna + celery + white beans _ olives + herb dressing

Fusilli + asparagus + corn + sun dried tomatoes + creamy parmesan dressing

Tortellini + salami + carrots + peas + roasted red peppers +viniaigrette

Shells + steak +bell pepper + green beans + bacon + creamy parmesan dressing