Best Deluxe Pasta Salad Recipes

DELUXE CHICKEN CAESAR PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine pasta and lettuce and hold on to cheese till everything else is done. Chicken: Preheat oven to 400F Marinate chicken in wine with ½ nature's seasoning, 1 garlic clove, lemon pepper, ½ thyme, ½ basil and ½ the oregano. When finished, combine remaining ingredients in a shallow dish. Coat the chicken pieces in the mixture. Pour onto greased baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes. Mushrooms: Heat oil in a wok; add garlic and other ingredients and sauté until mushrooms are tender. Take out chicken pieces and add to chicken/bread crumb mixture. Toss around and return to oven. Creamy Bacon Caesar Dressing: Bring milk, dressing and spices to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and add bacon bits. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Toss ingredients together when everything is ready. You can serve salad warm right away with baked chicken mixture or cool all ingredients and combine later. Make Healthier: ✔ Use whole grain pasta ✔ Use light parmesan cheese ✔ With chicken, just skip the breading part, only marinate and bake ✔ Use ½ as much bacon, bacon bits or skip bacon ✔ Use low-fat Caesar dressing ✔ Use skim milk

DELUXE PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large bowl combine all ingredients except for salad dressing. Add half salad dressing and toss. If serving right away, add the remaining half bottle. If serving later, then pour and mix remaining dressing into pasta salad just before serving (as it get absorbed into the noodles too much if you do it all right away without serving it)

DELUXE PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook tortellini according to directions.
• Meanwhile combine everything but the dressing into a bowl.
• Drain tortellini and let cool.
• Combine tortellini in bowl and mix well.
• Pour in dressing and mix well. **May not need entire bottle - add according to taste**.