Pasta salads are a great take along for a potluck dinner or family picnic. These salads are simple to make but taste great. Shrimp works well in a salad of this type, for example, a shrimp Caesar salad with fusili. Orzo or couscous make wonderful bases for picnic style salads as well, for example, in Tabbouleh.
Orzo and couscous are a type of pasta that resembles rice grains, but are of wheat also. These types of pasta can be used to create warm or cold salads that will stretch to feed a crowd. They are dense and filling, without a lot of calories.
Pasta salads can be quite healthy also. Use whole wheat pasta, add fresh vegetables, and a low calorie or low fat dressing, and you have a whole meal. It will taste so good no one will even realize just how healthy it is.
Pasta salads are easy to make and the possibilities are endless. Start with your favorite pasta as the base line. Add your favorite vegetables, nuts or other favorite ingredients and a dressing. Before you know it you will have a salad that everybody wants the recipe for.
Pasta salad is a dish that anyone can create. There are plenty of pasta salad recipes that we already know and love. Mix up the menu a bit and add pasta salad as a side dish or main dish every once in a while, and see how tasty and how much fun eating healthy can be.
