If you prepare a salad with pasta, several problems are solved at once - the variety of dishes (separately salad and separately pasta are not so interesting), usefulness (a quality salad neutralizes the gluten “harmfulness” of pasta), light food (eating salad, eat less pasta at one time), satiety (vegetable salad is fiber, it keeps us full longer)!

As many as 9 proven and original pasta recipes are presented in our article.

Pasta salad with bows

Incredibly delicate appetizer with a creamy taste can be prepared from pasta bows. Be sure to take note and try at the first opportunity.

You will need:

  • pasta bows - 350 gr;
  • smoked chicken or turkey - you can use boiled meat, but the taste will lose a few percentage points - 350 gr;
  • celery - 1 pc;
  • apple - 1 pc;
  • champignon mushrooms - 150 gr; can be both fresh and canned;
  • Roquefort cheese - 50 gr;
  • mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons;
  • natural yogurt - 7 tablespoons;
  • salt, pepper - a pinch.

The recipe for the steps:

  1. Boil the bows. Important - do not digest them. The optimal condition of pasta is almost ready. In Italy, this condition is called al-dente.
  2. Slice turkey, celery and apple.
  3. Chop mushrooms. If fresh champignons are taken, then fry in olive oil with added salt and any spices.
  4. Prepare the sauce - mix mayonnaise, yogurt, salt and pepper. Grate roquefort cheese into it.
  5. Stir all the ingredients and season.

Decorate the finished dish with sprigs of any greens.

Cooking with vegetables

This recipe will be appreciated by both meat-eaters and vegetarians, because despite the lack of meat, it is juicy, nutritious and satisfying, and the variety of composition makes the taste bright and pleasant! This dish can be served both hot and cold.

Another plus is the simple ingredients. In particular, we need:

  • any pasta - 500 gr;
  • corn - 100 g;
  • green beans - 500 gr;
  • hard cheese - 150 gr;
  • tomatoes - 200 gr;
  • olive oil - 1 tablespoon;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • olives or olives - 100 gr;
  • greens - preferably parsley - 1 bunch;
  • salt - preferably sea - 0.5 teaspoon.

For the sauce:

  • olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • lemon - 1 pc;
  • basil - 1 bunch;
  • pepper - to taste;
  • salt to taste.

Stages:

  1. If the beans are fresh - boil. You can use frozen.
  2. Peel the garlic.
  3. Boil pasta with a tablespoon of olive oil and whole cloves of garlic.
  4. If you took the olives - remove the seeds.
  5. Chop the tomatoes.
  6. Dice the cheese or grate it.
  7. Chop greens and basil.
  8. Squeeze the lemon as much as possible.
  9. Grate 3 cloves of garlic.
  10. Prepare the sauce - mix garlic, oil, lemon juice, basil and salt and pepper.
  11. Put the pasta in a bowl, add beans, corn, tomatoes, cheese, herbs, salt. Pour over the sauce.
  12. Serve with herbs.

With the addition of tuna

The recipes for salad with tuna are a huge variety and variety. The advantage of the proposed option is the use of certain pasta, original sprinkling and decoration and, of course, great taste!

What you need:

  • shell pasta - 500 gr;
  • green peas - preferably frozen, but canned - 2 glasses;
  • canned tuna - 150 gr;
  • white bread - 2 slices;
  • olive oil - half a glass;
  • lemon juice - 3 tablespoons;
  • mustard - 2 tablespoons;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • parsley - 1 bunch;
  • Worcester sauce - 1 teaspoon;
  • salt and pepper.

Recipe:

  1. Boil the shell pasta until cooked - add a little salt to boiling water, then pour the pasta, stir well until it boils again, reduce heat and cover, cook for 5-7 minutes.
  2. Using a blender, grind the bread to a crumb state.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan. Fry bread crumbs with the addition of a teaspoon of salt - until golden brown.
  4. Prepare the sauce - mix mustard, lemon juice, garlic, Worcester sauce, salt and pepper, and the remaining olive oil thoroughly.
  5. Divide the tuna into pieces and mix with a quarter of the sauce.
  6. If the peas are fresh, boil.
  7. Mix all the ingredients.
  8. Serve the salad in separate portions, each sprinkled with golden bread crumbs.

Italian pasta and ham salad

A delicious and stylish salad can be prepared from ordinary products, the main of which will be pasta - everyone has them in the kitchen.

 

Italians are known to love pasta and pasta and pasta dishes immensely. Italian culture is gaining a new wave of popularity in Russia. Therefore, such a recipe will be the highlight of any table - both everyday and solemn.

What do you need:

  • Macaroni - preferably bows, they look more beautiful;
  • beef ham - 200 gr;
  • tomato - 1 pc;
  • bell pepper - 1 pc;
  • greenery;
  • salt and pepper;
  • olive oil.

Salad can be seasoned with mayonnaise or make sauce.

For the sauce you need:

  • olive oil - 4 tablespoons;
  • grape vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
  • black pepper peas;
  • salt.

How to cook:

  1. Cook pasta. The secrets of cooking pasta, in which they do not stick together: the reason for sticking is the gluten contained in pasta, it is actively allocated when the pasta is ready, so you need to minimize its quantity; cook in a large saucepan with enough water so that the products move freely; when the water boilsadd salt; after the reaction, pour the pasta into the pan and stir them intensively until the water boils again; cover and reduce heat for 5-7 minutes; it is not necessary to bring the products to full softening, they must remain slightly elastic; as soon as the pasta is ready, drain the water, put the products in a colander and rinse with cold water - so the remnants of gluten will be washed off; add some oil.
  2. Cut vegetables into cubes or strips.
  3. Cut the ham into small pieces.
  4. Mix all the ingredients.
  5. Add mayonnaise or sauce. Let it brew for at least 30 minutes.
  6. Serve with herbs.

 

Step by step recipe with avocado and tomatoes

You can achieve a very unusual taste if you cook pasta with such a wonderful fruit as avocado. Many do not know how to use avocados in cooking, but it is not easy to eat in its pure form due to its pronounced fatty taste. Here you have a great recipe with this product.

What is needed:

  • any pasta - 2 glasses;
  • avocado - 1 fruit;
  • tomatoes - 6 pcs;
  • Mozzarella cheese - 200 gr.

For the sauce:

  • olive oil - 6 tablespoons;
  • mustard - 1 teaspoon;
  • grape vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
  • sugar, salt, pepper - a pinch;
  • dried or fresh basil to taste.

Cooking is very simple:

  1. Boil pasta and discard in a colander.
  2. Prepare the sauce - mix all the ingredients.
  3. Season the pasta.
  4. Allow the avocado, cheese and tomato cubes and add to the pasta.
  5. Add salt, sugar, pepper and herbs.
  6. Let the salad in the refrigerator infuse for at least half an hour.

Seafood appetizer

Perfectly combines pasta and seafood - you can make a light and delicious snack that will add zest to any table.

What you need to cook:

  • spiral pasta - 400 gr;
  • seafood - in any form to taste; it is convenient to use a frozen mixture;
  • tomatoes - 3 pcs;
  • olives or olives - 10 pcs;
  • zucchini - 200 gr;
  • onions - 1 pc;
  • broccoli - 200 gr;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
  • mustard powder - 1 teaspoon;
  • parsley - a bunch;
  • violet basil - a bunch;
  • lemon juice - 2 tablespoons;
  • vegetable broth - 250 gr;
  • pepper, salt to taste.

How to cook a delicious pasta salad:

  1. Put the spiral pasta according to the scheme described above.
  2. Boil seafood for 5 minutes after boiling water.
  3. Prepare dressing - mix 1 tablespoon of vegetable broth, lemon juice, mustard powder, oil, pepper and salt and herbs.
  4. Season the seafood with dressing and leave for half an hour in the refrigerator.
  5. Sort broccoli into inflorescences. Dice zucchini.
  6. Boil broccoli and zucchini for 5 minutes in the remaining broth, then drain the broth and let them cool.
  7. Chop tomatoes, onions and olives / olives.
  8. Mix all ingredients after cooling.

Serve the appetizer, decorated with greens and lemon slices.

Warm pasta salad

A warm salad with delicious dressing is the best thing to warm on a cool home evening. A creative recipe for lovers of the unusual composition of the dish and delicate multi-faceted taste.

What you need:

  • pasta - “feathers” look good - 300 gr;
  • broccoli - 200 gr;
  • zucchini - 2 pcs;
  • olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
  • raisins - 80 gr;
  • pine nuts - 50 gr;
  • lemon juice - 1 tablespoon.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Boil pasta and discard in a colander.
  2. Cut broccoli into inflorescences, and zucchini in small cubes.
  3. Add chopped vegetables, pine nuts and raisins to pasta.
  4. Make a sauce - heat olive oil, add lemon juice.
  5. Season the salad.

Serve in a warm condition.

With bacon, cheese and arugula

Another original Italian recipe - with the addition of arugula and cheese in the dish. Many do not like arugula because of the specific smell and taste, however, believe me, in this recipe it will give the salad the necessary gentle note.

What you need:

  • any pasta - 300 gr;
  • raw smoked beef bacon - 150 gr;
  • Parmesan cheese - 100 gr;
  • fresh arugula - 100 gr;
  • salt and black pepper to taste;
  • lemon juice - 2 tablespoons;
  • olive oil - 2 tablespoons.

Cooking:

  1. Cook pasta to al dente. Fold in a colander to drain excess water. Transfer to any container and mix with a small amount of olive oil.
  2. Cut the bacon and parmesan into equal cubes.
  3. Rinse the arugula thoroughly and chop.
  4. Mix pasta, cheese and arugula. Refrigerate for half an hour.
  5. Make a sauce of lemon juice, oil and salt with pepper.
  6. Season the salad and let it brew in the refrigerator again.

Serve cold!

Mediterranean pasta salad

The recipe for a warming, hearty Greek-style pasta salad that can be served as an appetizer or as a main course. Tasty and healthy.

What is needed:

  • Macaroni - “feathers” or “spirals” look better visually - 0.5 packs;
  • green beans - 200 gr;
  • capers, olives or olives - to your taste - 1 tablespoon;
  • tomatoes - 200 gr;
  • bell pepper - 2;
  • feta cheese - 50 gr;
  • garlic - 4 cloves;
  • soy sauce - 6 tablespoons;
  • olive oil - for frying;
  • yogurt or sour cream - 3 tablespoons;
  • half a lemon;
  • lemon zest;
  • any herbs of your choice.

Steps:

  1. Boil pasta and discard in a colander.
  2. Chop pepper and tomato into approximately equal slices.
  3. Dice the cheese.
  4. Finely chop the garlic.
  5. Fry the peppers in olive oil with a quarter of the available garlic.
  6. Fry tomatoes separately in the same way.
  7. Fry the beans, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce at the end of the garlic and leave it under the lid for a minute. Tastier if the beans are crispy, do not overexposure it.
  8. Prepare the sauce - squeeze the juice from half a lemon, add the remaining 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, yogurt or sour cream and the remaining garlic.
  9. Ready pasta mix with the rest of the ingredients and season with sauce.

Since there are herbs in the salad, you do not need to add greens so as not to overdo it with taste, but you can decorate the dish with several fresh twigs.

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