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    The Best Pasta Salad

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    • on November 09, 2002

      This was a great salad! I couldn't find any decent tomatoes, so I stuck w/the red and green bell peppers, and a red onion...also added chunks of cucumber, and whole olives since I wasn't sure if everyone liked olives (easier to pick out than sliced). I couldn't find the sun dried tomato dressing, so I used a reduced calorie Italian dressing. Thanks!

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    • on April 23, 2003

      When I read this had sun-dried tomato salad dressing in it I knew I had to try it, because thats one of my favorite dressings. It was a wonderful tasting full of flavor salad! I did add a little feta cheese to it, but kept everything else the same. Thanks Bethany.

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    • on July 05, 2001

      Wonderful! Much better than the same old Pasta Salad. So simple too! Perfect with any BBQ food.

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    • on July 30, 2011

      I have made this several times and it is a great hit. I could not find the sun dried tomato salad dressing and used newman's parmesan instead. I have some who do not like tomatoes so I used cucumbers instead. It is a versatile recipe which can easily be adapted to your tastes!

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    • on July 04, 2011

      I wanted to bring something quick and easy to our 4th of July cookout and I came across this recipe. This recipe was excellent. I used Wishbone House Italian (because I didn't have sun-dried tomato) dressing, added a cucumber, used cherry tomatoes instead of a whole tomato, and added a little italian seasoning and it was GREAT.

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    • on May 22, 2011

      This was very good. Definitely an easy and delicious side dish.

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    • on August 05, 2010

      What an easy and light summer pasta salad! I didn't have black olives, and had to substitute a different dressing, a balsamic vinaigrette, but it was still delicious. This is one recipe where you can easily add and subtract different veggies and it will work. Thanks for sharing this winner.

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    • on July 03, 2010

      Doubled this recipe and took to a barbecue. Only change I made was to use a variety of green, red, orange, and yellow peppers for additonal color. Easy, quick to fix, and everyone enjoyed it. Made this in the morning, tossed it all together, and didn't need to rewet with additional dressing. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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    • on July 03, 2010

      This recipe is so amazing! I did it for the 4th weekend Barbeque. and it was gone in what seemed like 60 seconds! This is now a staple for cookouts and potlucks! Thank You!

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    • on June 15, 2010

      Great recipe. I did omit the capers (personal choice). I was able to find the sun dried tomato dressing (randall's carries it). Thanks for posting!

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    • on June 12, 2010

      This recipe was great, hoever I could not find the correct dressing (seems like a common problem). An excellent way to solve this, I always have sun-dried tomatoes in the fridge, so I used the oil straight out of the jar to dress the salad. Really gave it a kick!! Thanks for posting :)

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    • on April 03, 2010

      Old Review: 06-29-2005 This was not bad considering I was missing some key ingredients at the time (including the correct salad dressing =/ ). Hopefully one day I can find a market that actually stocks that kind of Kraft dressing. New Review: I finally remade this, only 5 years later... =P I used Kraft Roasted Red Pepper salad dressing without any onions. It came out really good! Thank you so much!

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    • on April 03, 2010

      This was a good, light pasta salad. I did add a chopped cucumber because we like those in our salads and I did not use olives since I didn't have any. This does make quite a bit. A good alternative to the mayo based salads. Thanks.

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    • on March 30, 2010

      I added Lots of extra veggies. Thanks it is wonderful

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    • on March 03, 2010

      love it. My husband hates (used to!) pasta salad, but sometimes I crave it. Made this one, and I couldn't get him to stop eating it. Very good, thank you for sharing! I just made this again for dinner tonight, but instead I used the Kraft roasted red pepper dressing (completely accidental), and it is really good too.

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    • on February 17, 2010

      This was one of the better pasta salads I've had. We threw some steamed broccoli, green onions, and feta into ours.

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    • on December 26, 2009

      Excellent as reported! I followed this exactly, and even found the suggested dressing. Let sit for about 4 hours, served well chilled and ice cold.....perfect for after the Holiday season "gorge". Very refreshing change, nice crisp vegetables, I added about 1/4 cup of chopped celery, (for added crunch) along with chopped radishes. Perfection!

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    • on September 27, 2009

      Used Newman's Sundried Tomato Dressing because we couldn't find Kraft. Also used a combo of regular pasta and whole wheat pasta. This pasta salad was good. Deffinately better than some of the others I have tried lately. Thanks.

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    • on September 12, 2009

      I served this at a cook-out and it was a big hit. Thanks so much for sharing and I look forward to using this recipe again. **Doubled the recipe and used italian dressing because I could not find the Kraft.

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    • on September 11, 2009

      Easy recipe and really good. Great for bbq's and parties. I loved it! I didnt have the Kraft Sun-Dried tomoto salad dressing so I just used Italian dressing and it was still good.

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    Nutritional Facts for The Best Pasta Salad

    Serving Size: 1 (100 g)

    Servings Per Recipe: 6

    Amount Per Serving
    % Daily Value
    Calories 186.7
     
    Calories from Fat 27
    14%
    Total Fat 3.0 g
    4%
    Saturated Fat 1.0 g
    5%
    Cholesterol 3.6 mg
    1%
    Sodium 147.0 mg
    6%
    Total Carbohydrate 32.5 g
    10%
    Dietary Fiber 2.6 g
    10%
    Sugars 3.1 g
    12%
    Protein 7.2 g
    14%

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