You can find a recipe on how to make a pasta salad in many salad cooking books. Visit your local bookstore like a Barnes & Noble and ask after their salad cooking books.
Reciple for pasta salad
Cold pastas are great for barbeques. Check out the list on this website: http://allrecipes.com/recipes/salad/pasta-salads/cold-pasta-salad/ I made the Avocado Pasta Salad a while back. It was easy to make, and everyone loved it.
A good salad recipe with crab in it is a Seafood Pea-Asta Salad. You make it with Italian style dressing, fusilli pasta, crabmeat, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, parmesan cheese, and black-eyed peas.
I want to make cold pasta salad for my kids as well. I would go to either www.pinterest.com or www.foodnetwork.com! Good luck getting your kids to eat cold pasta salad.
You can find an asian cucumber salad recipe on both food.com and chow.com. The second recipe on chow.com is supposedly easier to make and is called asian-sesame cucumber salad.
You can find a recipe online if you check the internet for Asian Noodle Salad and yes it is possible to make this dish at home, however you can check online for the exact recipe for this.
All you really need to make a great pasta salad is olive oil and a touch of vinegar. Add some texture and color by including broccoli, carrots, and other vegetables. Don't forget the salt and pepper!
It depends if you only serve pasta salad or something else with it. When you serve only the pasta salad - I would use 6 packages ( 6 pounds ) of pasta, 6 tin peas, 24 tomatoes, 8 onions, 2 pounds ham, 6 tin corn, 3 red pepper. If you want to serve this to a bbq - I would recommend a quarter of the recipe above.
There are a million casseroles that call for cooked pasta as an ingredient. Even if it's not the right shape, just cut it into small pieces and it will work. Then there's pasta salad. Chop up your favorite salad vegetable and toss them with the pasta and your favorite dressing. Lastly, make your favorite pasta sause and while it's still simmering, add the cooked pasta to heat through. It's almost as good as fresh.
Find a good recipe and have lite or no salad dressing ! I recommend adding fruits for flavor and moisture to make up for the lack of fatty dressing.
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Just make spaghetti