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Summer Pasta Salad

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This summer pasta salad is perfect for your BBQ, picnic or summer parties!

With the summer heat in full swing, I am all about finding ways to put together meals that are easy to make, delicious and don’t heat up the whole kitchen (I have the Arizona heat for that!). One meal that we always enjoy during summer months is pasta salad. One of the things I love about pasta salad is that it is so flexible, you can really get creative with it, you can make it up ahead of time, it can be a side dish or a main dish and it’s perfect to bring to a summer bbq, 4th of July get together or pool party.

Pasta Salad Recipe

Pasta salads are one of those things that can be made to fit almost any taste, both kids and adults enjoy them. I love to fill my pasta salads with color, which is easy to do with lots of fresh veggies such as broccoli, carrots and tomatoes, and sometimes I’ll throw in peppers and even fresh roasted corn.

Fresh Vegetables For Pasta Salad

I also like to add chicken or turkey to a pasta salad, turning into a meal. Sometimes I’ll use leftover grilled chicken, other times I’ll use deli chicken or turkey. Have to love an all in one meal.

Pasta Salad

We are all olive lovers in my house, so those are a must in our pasta salads. My girls are both big cheese eaters, so two kinds of cheese are the way to go. I even whip up some Italian dressing with a GOOD SEASONS Dressing Mix. It seriously takes all of about a minute to make, you simply add water, oil and vinegar, and you have fresh dressing.

Good Seasons Dressing Mix

Fresh Italian Dressing

Truly one of my favorite and easy summer meals. I especially love that I can make it in the morning and stick it in the fridge, ready to pull out and serve when we are ready to eat.

Recipe For Pasta Salad

I even have a fun way to bring these to summer cookouts and bar-b-ques. I fill individual cups with pasta salad, close with a lid on top and then place into a cooler filled with ice.

Pasta Salad To Go

Summer Pasta Salad Recipe

Enjoy this easy meal on a warm summer night!

Summer Time Pasta Salad Recipe

Summer Pasta Salad

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Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pasta such as rotini, fusilli, penne or farfalle, uncooked
  • 2 cups fresh broccoli florets
  • 6 oz . chopped cooked chicken or turkey breast (approximately two small chicken breasts)
  • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes or 1 large tomato cut into chunks
  • 1 cup chopped or grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup prepared GOOD SEASONS Italian Dressing Mix
  • 4 oz . KRAFT Cheddar Cheese Cubes
  • 1/4 cup sliced black olives
  • 1/4 cup KRAFT Shredded Italian* Five Cheese Blend
  • leaves Optional: A few of fresh herbs such as basil for garnish

Instructions

  • COOK pasta as directed on package, adding broccoli to the cooking water for the last 2 min. of the pasta cooking time; drain and rinse with cold water.
  • TOSS chicken, tomatoes, carrots, dressing, cheddar cheese and olives in large bowl. Add pasta mixture; mix lightly.
  • SPRINKLE with Shredded Italian cheese.
  • If not serving immediately, store in refrigerator. Enjoy this easy meal on a warm summer night!
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Looking for something a little different? Barefeet In The Kitchen has a great Creamy Pasta Salad recipe.

Creamy Pasta Salad Recipe

She also has a great Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad recipe.

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

You can also find my recipe for this summer pasta salad on Kraft website.

Summertime Pasta Salad To Go

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Kraft. All opinions however are mine and mine alone. 

Originally published June 2014

About author Christi Johnstone of Love From The Oven

Christi is the baker, cook, blogger, food photographer, recipe developer and sprinkle lover behind Love From The Oven. As a busy mom, it's important to Christi that her recipes are family-friendly and picky eater approved. In addition to running Love From The Oven, Christi is the author of The My Little Pony Baking Book and Smart Cookie, and the co-author of Peeps-A-Licious.
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  1. Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says

    June 25, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    The individual cups are perfect, and I love clear containers so you can see all the colorful-ness going on!

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  2. Sharlynn Ng says

    June 26, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Delicious!! Simple and so colorful and healthy! I need to make this and I’d probably throw on some tuna!

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  3. Kari says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Love this! Where did you get the clear containers???!!!

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  4. Lexi Michelle says

    August 8, 2015 at 8:52 am

    love the idea of putting them in their own containers! that would definitely simplify things for outdoor parties!

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  5. hali says

    August 13, 2015 at 8:46 am

    where did you get those containers?

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    • Christi says

      August 13, 2015 at 9:47 am

      Hi Hali, just found them at my local grocery store (Safeway).

      Reply
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