You don’t necessarily need to know which odds and ends are lingering in the veggie drawer or whether there’s any leftover chicken to know that pasta salad will fit the bill on any given night. Just put the water on to boil and while you’re at it, save all 23 of these pasta salad recipes. A recipe pinned or printed now makes for a quicker dinner later, which means more time on the patio and less in the kitchen!
4.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 66 reviews.- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 6
This mash-up of chopped salad and pasta salad is loaded with chunks of salami and provolone cheese, sliced olives and crispy romaine. Toss it with your favorite Italian dressing and you’ve got a dish that’s satisfying enough for any lunch or dinner.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 7 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 30 min
- Ingredients: 13
- Servings: 6
Our love of green goddess is forever and once you taste this summery salad, we think yours will be too. Its balance of bright flavor and creamy texture even makes it appealing to avowed meat eaters and veggie skeptics—consider it the miss congeniality of the pasta salad world.
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 51 reviews.- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 15 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 6
Dressing up spinach, carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes with ranch dressing might be the oldest trick in the book when it comes to convincing kids to eat their veggies but hey, it works! With pasta in the mix, this hearty combo counts as dinner, too.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 89 reviews.- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 4
Toss tender chunks of chicken, sweet grapes, crunchy celery and toasty almonds in a creamy poppy seed dressing and you’ve got a cousin to the classic Waldorf. But, we’d argue that this one is better, due to the fact that the lettuce is replaced with pasta!
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 15 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 25 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 16
- Servings: 6
Dip, garnish or side dish—we’ll eat cowboy caviar in any form. That’s why we decided to mix its bold flavors into pasta salad. With black-eyed peas, shredded chicken and chopped bacon in the mix, it’s a protein-rich dinner that’s nicely balanced by a rainbow of tomatoes, bell pepper, corn and cilantro.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 11 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 25 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 16
With chicken, bacon, blue cheese, eggs and avocado in the mix, who could have imaged Cobb salad could get any better? The Betty Crocker Test Kitchens, that’s who, of course! With the addition of pasta to the mix, this salad is suddenly a hearty main course meal that’ll leave you with enough leftovers for lunch the next day.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 34 reviews.- Prep time: 5 min
- Total time: 17 min
- Ingredients: 5
- Servings: 4
Busy day? Try this simple salad. It’s a five-ingredient dinner that’ll give you something cool and satisfying to eat—no matter what time you get home. Whip it up in less than 20 minutes for a meal that’s a whole lot better than a frozen pizza.
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 20 reviews.- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 2 hr 15 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 8
With pickles, a creamy dressing and big chunks of cheese in the mix, this summer-in-a-bowl salad is just dying to come to your next barbecue. Throw it together ahead of time and you can enjoy the patio while the grilling gets done.
3.9 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 47 reviews.- Prep time: 20 min
- Total time: 2 hr 20 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 12
Put a dent in your farmers market haul with this veggie-loaded pasta salad. Featuring fresh tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, cucumber and red onion tossed in a tomatoey-Italian dressing, it’s pure summer simplicity.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 50 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 20 min
- Total time: 20 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 6
Everyone will happily eat their veggies when you serve up this quick-as-can-be pasta salad. Thanks to a box of Betty Crocker™ Suddenly Salad® pasta mix and your favorite bottle of ranch dressing, all you have to do is a chop up the veggies and set a pot of water to boil.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 10 reviews.- Prep time: 25 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 4
Sweet-tangy mango chutney, spicy curry powder, rich cashews, sweet golden raisins and more varied ingredients make this unexpected pasta salad taste as good as it looks. Mix it up whenever you’ve got leftover turkey (or chicken) that needs using.
3.9 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 58 reviews.- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 8
Want to see your kids gobble up their green veggies? Try serving this salad for dinner. Broccoli suddenly becomes a lot more appealing when mixed with pasta, sweet raisins and crunchy sunflower seeds and tossed with a creamy dressing.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 22 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 30 min
- Ingredients: 14
- Servings: 10
When we’re starting to feel overwhelmed by summer’s bounty, this recipe is one of our strategies for avoiding waste. It turns tomatoes, zucchini, red onion, cucumber, romaine, radishes, parsley and mint into a salad that doesn’t just taste good—it makes us feel good, too.
4.1 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 18 reviews.- Prep time: 10 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 16
Yes, it’s ranch again, but no, it’s not the same as the other ranch pasta salads you’ve tried. This one features the crowd-favorite dressing without being boring, thanks to the addition of tangy Dijon mustard, hard-cooked egg and a dash of paprika—so you can think of this as a deviled-egg-and-ranch pasta salad mash-up.
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 33 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 2 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 13
- Servings: 10
You might recognize this classic combo of chicken, fruit and creamy poppy seed dressing from the grocer’s deli case, but we recommend you skip the store-bought version. You can assemble a fresher version at home and in the process set yourself up for a 10 meals, so a half an hour of cooking yields a dish that’ll feed your family tonight and tomorrow.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 51 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 10
Keeping meals light and easy is one of our summer strategies that’s why there’s almost always a big bowl full of pasta salad inside our refrigerators. Feta, olives, cucumber and tomato add all the best ingredients from a Greek salad to this a hearty and satisfying dish.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 14 reviews.- Prep time: 25 min
- Total time: 4 hr 25 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 10
Creamy, sweet, salty and zesty—it’s no wonder Mexican street corn is so well-loved. Since we can’t get enough of it, we decided to turn it into an easy pasta salad, and we think you’re going to like the results.
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 153 reviews.- Prep time: 10 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 4
Recreate this diner-favorite sandwich in 10 minutes and with merely six simple ingredients. Bacon, turkey, tomatoes, cheddar, lettuce and your box of Suddenly Salad® pasta salad mix are all you need make this top-rated recipe.
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 49 reviews.- Prep time: 10 min
- Total time: 25 min
- Ingredients: 11
- Servings: 4
To be honest, we’ll take any excuse to eat chips for dinner and this is a pretty good one. Tender chicken, crunchy and sweet vegetables and grated cheddar cheese get tossed in a creamy and zesty Tex-Mex dressing for a dinner that tastes best with a side of chips and salsa—win!
