There is simply no excuse for a boring, sugary, Miracle Whip infused pasta salad recipe.
So often treated as a bland, white footnote to a grill extravaganza, pasta salad is one of the most underrated side dishes of all time. Of all time , as Kanye West would pontificate. So what are the secrets to an amazing pasta salad recipe?
A Babble writer shares her “Lemon Pepper Cali Pasta Salad” recipe, one that flips the genre with the omission of a heavy mayo dressing and adds a symphony of veggies and cheese. A pasta salad recipe like this is great if you’re looking for something that doesn’t resemble the classic version- but my mom won’t even look at something without a respectable addition of Hellman’s.
Luckily, Paula Deen comes to the rescue with a Pasta Salad recipe that comes standard with an entire cup of the wobbly stuff- and surprisingly, no butter or bacon. Food TV has a good standard classic with a short prep time of 10 minutes, and both recipes hit on an important but overlooked secret key ingredient to all amazing pasta salad recipes- vinegar. I personally favor a splash of good, thick balsamic vinegar, but many eschew the mocha tint it lends pasta salad.
Pasta salads are a bit like… opinions- everybody got to have one (recipe.) What’s your pasta salad secret?
