Apartment Therapy Tagged: pasta salad

Recipe: Barbecue Chicken and Macaroni Salad

About this time in the summer, we start getting tired of the goopy, mayonnaise-thick side salads that are standard fare at every cook-out and picnic. We wanted something a little different to bring to...

Tip for Better Chilled Dishes: Add More Flavor!

We've definitely been eating our fair share of cold soups, pasta salads, and chilled desserts these past few weeks. One trick to making these kinds of dishes satisfying is to give them a just a little...

National Food Roundup: Summer Cherries, Preserved
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 7.01.09

Want those sweet summer cherries to last all year? Preserve them in a light, flavorful syrup. Plus, campfire cooking, fried chicken four ways and a deconstructed Japanese pasta salad....

Quick Tip: Cooking the Best Pasta for Cold Salad

You've heard us say it again and again: always cook pasta in a large amount of well-salted boiling water until al dente. But when it comes to pasta salads that will be served cold or room temperature,...

New Favorite Cheese for Summer: Forme di Formaggio

We had plans to make a big batch of pasta salad for weekday lunches, but we've been getting tired of our old cheese standbys. We wanted something new for summer. Something fresh, light, and mild. The ...

Recipe: Tortellini and Spring Vegetable Salad

Last summer, we talked about Slate's 12 steps to better pasta salad. With our first pasta salad of the year, we followed several of the suggestions: cook the vegetables, go light on the acidity and us...

Make-Ahead Lunch Template: Pasta Salad with Veggies, Cheese, and Greens

Earlier today, we started talking about strategies for making lunch ahead of time for bringing to work. This pasta salad is one of our favorite templates for make-ahead lunches. Everything can be prep...

Recipe Redux: Italian Chicken Salad...Pasta

This is a quick weeknight meal that can feed a crowd—and it's even easier if you have a batch of our Italian Chicken Salad already made. We had the ingredients on hand the other day but wanted a big...

Twelve Steps To a Better Pasta Salad

Pasta salad is often the ugly stepsister at a summer cookout. Too greasy, too bland, too mushy, too limp. We spent years passing swiftly by the pasta salads at our family's cookout buffets. But Sara D...

Recipe: Broccoli and Feta Pasta Salad

We had this warm pasta salad last weekend and it was just the thing for a spring supper, tossed with tangy olives and feta cheese, and snap-tender broccoli. We'd like to make it again this weekend and...