Barilla
Rotini Pasta Salad
This easy pasta salad recipe can be customized to your tastes. Swap in your favorite cheese, or vinegar of your choice.
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- Prep
- Cook
- Skill
- Casual
Kitchen hacks and meal planning go hand in hand. It is important to make meals suited to your pallet. If you don’t have a certain cheese on hand - get creative and use what you have in your pantry.
Use this pasta salad recipe as a guide and check out our customizable recipe ingredients suggestions below:
Base Recipe: | Ingredient Suggestions: |
Protein+ Rotini Pasta | Barilla Rotini Pasta |
Red Wine Vinegar |
Sherry Vinegar |
Feta Cheese |
Goat Cheese or any other creamy crumbly cheese |
Sliced Almonds | Chopped Cashews or Walnuts |
Ingredients 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 box Barilla® Protein+ Rotini pasta
- 1 jar Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto sauce
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 3 cups red and green grapes, halved, divided
- 1 avocado, peeled and diced, divided
- 1½ cups Feta cheese, crumbled
- ½ cups almonds, toasted and sliced
- Salt and black pepper to taste
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Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil season with salt and cook pasta 1 minute less than required cooking time.
- Drain pasta and toss with olive oil and place on a sheet tray to cool down.
- In the meantime, in a large bowl add vinegar, mustard and pesto; stir to combine.
- Add cooled pasta, ¾ of the grapes and ¾ of the avocado and gently fold to combine.
- Garnish with nuts, cheese and the remaining grapes and avocado.
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