pasta salads

Cold macaroni dishes

Pasta salads are cold dishes combining cooked pasta with vegetables, dressings, and often cheese or meat.

They're picnic and potluck staples, easily made ahead and transported.

Italian-style versions use vinaigrette with tomatoes and olives; American versions often feature mayonnaise-based dressings: She brought a pasta salad to the cookout.

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Opposites
temperature of serving

pasta saladsbaked ziti

Pasta tubes with cheese, oven-browned

lasagna · spaghetti and meatballs · mac and cheese · baked pasta · soup

dish formality/heaviness

pasta saladsfilet mignon

Boneless cut from loin

prime rib · lobster thermidor · coq au vin

base ingredient

pasta saladsgreen salads

Uncooked leafy vegetable dishes

garden salads · potato salads · fruit salads

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G