Recipes

[toria]

My great aunt used to make a great shrimp pasta salad with shells, chopped onion, chopped green pepper and chopped celery and cooked shrimp in a mayonnaise dressing.  ITs a meal in itself and says summer to me.  Serve with slice tomatoes and cucumbers.

[wagirl]

My go to dressing for pasta is mayo and italian dressing mixed together. I add in some basil or pesto and whatever I feel like. Also have used Ina Gartens recipe for tartar sauce that is to die for in a pasta salad too.

[Chicagoan]

I mix mayo and bottled Ranch Dressing together and I add a little cayenne pepper, roasted garlic salt, minced onions,, diced onions and whatever spices to your liking with a can of tuna or chicken, peas, carrots, bell pepper, black olives and bow tie pasta.

[ChazzyLady]

Yes, yes, yes, this is exactly what I was going to suggest @wagirl but you beat me to it. I really like Ken's Steakhouse Italian salad dressing plus, like you said, some mayo.  I like to add some Italian seasoning and a bit of fresh squeezed lemon juice and/or red wine vinegar, and a few dried red pepper flakes to this as well.

Another recipe I think I'll be making next week!

[Citrine1]

All of these dressings sound so delicious; can't wait to try some!

[ImABoor]

I use the dressing from a recipe on www.allrecipes.com.

Look for the awesome ham pasta salad.  It is a great salad.

The dressing is :  1 cup mayo, 1/2 cup sour cream, 2-1/2 tsp. beef bouillon granules, 1 tbl. white vinegar ( I use cider ), 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 2 cloves minced garlic & 1/2 cup pickle juice.

Try not to omit the beef granules, it really makes the sauce.  I couldn't find the granules when I went to make it earlier this month.  I bought a box of G. Washington's Rich Brown Seasoning & Broth.  There are 8 envelopes in the box, I used 2 of them.  Also,  I use sweet relish in  the salad instead of pickles.  I use 1/2 - 3/4 cup of the sweet relish (undrained) instead of the pickle juice.

I also bought a bag of the small red, yellow & orange peppers &  chopped them up to use them in the salad.

Hope you will look up the recipe.  Make it the day before so all the flavors will blend.

[Tinkrbl44]

What a coincidence ... I was thinking about a cold pasta and tuna salad for lunch.    If I'm adding white albacore tuna to the cooked pasta, would you make any adjustments to the dressing?   TIA

[BLH]

This dressing is not creamy, but delicious and won't spoil in the heat.  

1 can tomato soup

3/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup vinegar