Cold Pesto Pasta Salad Recipe

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   BreB May 21, 2015 at 6:32 pm MST

   Mmm! This with quinoa instead of pasta!

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   babymair May 21, 2015 at 6:40 pm MST

   I would love this .. but what else do u think u can use instead of ranch dressing?? Fam jst doesnt like that…..tia

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  Heidi May 21, 2015 at 7:21 pm MST

  Any Italian Dressing would be perfect!

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  mel May 21, 2015 at 7:50 pm MST

  A recipe a friend gave me was to toss the warm pasta with a dusting of dry Italian dressing mix, then toss with the pesto. It was really yummy!

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  Lina (Hip's Modern Martha) May 21, 2015 at 7:54 pm MST

  Hmm maybe sour cream or plain yogurt – maybe add some Italian seasonings for similar idea. Thanks!

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   Tia May 21, 2015 at 6:49 pm MST

   Thanks! Always looking for barbecue side dishes. You can only have potato salad but so many times.

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   MommySpendsLess May 21, 2015 at 7:32 pm MST

   Any reason this couldn’t be served hot, maybe with grilled chicken pieces?

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  mel May 21, 2015 at 7:47 pm MST

  You could serve it warm or hot. My husband does when I make something similar (he’s not a fan of cold pasta). I prefer pasta salads room temp – not straight out of the fridge cold, but not hot off the stove either.

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  mel May 21, 2015 at 7:51 pm MST

  That didn’t make sense LOL. Should me – My husband warms his when I make pasta salad.

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  mel May 21, 2015 at 7:52 pm MST

  We need an edit button LOL… 3rd times a charm ?!- BE, not me

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  MommySpendsLess May 21, 2015 at 8:05 pm MST

  LOL Happens to me all the time – thanks for the quick reply! Hubby and I both work so I need more quick, easy and relatively healthy ideas that a 5.5yo will eat (and two grown-ups who eat like kids 🙂 )

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  shopper May 21, 2015 at 8:24 pm MST

  Mel, the original did make sense to me lol

  Doesn’t have to be pasta salad to eat cold, you can warm or room temp it to preference.

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   Heather May 21, 2015 at 7:44 pm MST

   I make this ALL the time.. except I use McCormick’s creamy pesto sauce mix (that onlinees in the little seasoning packets that you mix up) and I put grilled or rotisserie chicken with it and eat it hot. Our entire family loves it and we are plain/picky eaters.

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   ahmed May 21, 2015 at 7:57 pm MST

   Nice salade

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   babymair May 21, 2015 at 8:26 pm MST

   Thx everybody for all the ideas..i will try them all & c what the family likes…

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   jennifer May 22, 2015 at 9:01 am MST

   This looks so good! I love cold pasta. This will be so good to serve with Memorial Day grilled meats. Thanks Lina!

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  Lina (Hip's Modern Martha) May 22, 2015 at 9:31 am MST

  Sure – enjoy!

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   habooba May 22, 2015 at 11:26 am MST

   Macy’s has something similar to this, but instead of ranch dressing they use lemon and olive oil. It’s really good!

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    jen s. May 22, 2015 at 5:25 pm MST

    I just made a tortellini pasta salad… so good… the tortellini had cheese and pesto in it. Added some grilled chicken too. I forget the brand of the tortellini, but its definitely a shortcut to get that nice pesto flavor!

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