Pasta Salad: Salad Builder by Ingredients

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Time: 4 hours.

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Recipe:

1. Choose your pasta

Choose for your salad the pasta that you haven't eaten in a long time and that you miss.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook 230g of any pasta according to package directions. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water. Transfer to a large bowl.

Ingredients:

2. Choose a protein base

Add 1 cup of any of the suggested ingredients, if desired. This salad can be vegetarian.

Ingredients:

Chicken, cook and chop
Steak, cook and cut
Ham or salami, cut into cubes
Roast beef, sliced
Canned tuna, drained and cut into pieces
Sort out the crab meat
Shrimp, cook and chop
Boil eggs hard and chop
Baked tofu, sliced

3. Choose vegetables

Add 2 kinds of vegetables and beans, 1 cup each (to blanch vegetables, boil until tender, then drain in a colander and cool in ice water).

Ingredients:

Broccoli, blanch the florets
Corn kernels, blanch
Carrots, grate
Cherry tomatoes, cut in half
Green beans, blanched and chopped
Frozen peas or sugar snap peas, blanched
Celery, cut into slices
Cucumber, cut into cubes
Red onion, diced
Bell pepper, cut into cubes
Asparagus, blanch and chop
Canned chickpeas or white beans, drained and rinsed

4. Choose a delicious topping

Add 1/3 cup of your favorite edible to bring all the flavors together.

Ingredients:

Sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
Roasted red pepper, chopped
Olives, pit and chop
Cheese of your choice, grated or crumbled
Nuts of your choice, roasted and chopped
Bacon, fry and crumble

5. Dress the salad

Here are a few easy-to-remember salad dressings. Make one of these to add a tangy, acidic twist to your salad. To add olive oil—an essential part of the dressing—simply stir in the mayonnaise.

Vinaigrette sauce

Combine 1/3 cup olive oil, 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 1 minced shallot, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste.

Sour cream with herbs

Mix 1/3 cup mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons sour cream, 1.5 tablespoons lemon juice, 1/2 cup chopped herbs and salt and pepper to taste.

Garlic butter

Saute 3 thinly sliced garlic cloves with a pinch of red pepper flakes in 1/3 cup olive oil over medium heat for 3 minutes; let cool. Season with salt and pepper.

Parmesan with sour cream

Mix 1/4 cup each mayonnaise and sour cream, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon finely grated garlic, 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.