Variations
Gluten-Free Pasta Salad: Use gluten-free pasta. Jovial Meals Brown Rice Pasta is my favourite. Additionally, test the salami to ensure it’s gluten-free. I like Applegate model because it doesn’t include any gluten.
Dairy-Free Pasta Salad: Skip the cheese on this recipe for a dairy-free pasta salad.
Use Completely different Cheese: I really like mozzarella cheese because it holds up properly with the dressing with out turning mushy. If you wish to use a unique cheese, attempt shredded or shaved Parmigiano-reggiano (parmesan cheese), crumbled feta cheese, cheddar cheese cubes. Feta cheese will flip mushy within the salad, so don’t add the feta till the salad is served and calmly toss to combine the cheese with the opposite substances. Shredded parmesan and cheddar cubes will each maintain up properly when tossed with the opposite substances and saved within the fridge.
Use Completely different Veggies: Don’t wish to use artichoke hearts? Skip this canned ingredient and take a look at one thing else as an alternative: sliced recent cucumber, extra olives, extra peppers, chopped recent crimson or inexperienced bell pepper. This salad could be very straightforward to customise by including extra of an ingredient, skipping the ingredient, or subbing it with a unique ingredient.
Add Recent Herbs: I really like so as to add a handful of chopped recent basil, oregano, and even mint to the salad, together with the parsley! Recent herbs add unimaginable taste, so you probably have these herbs rising in your backyard or have some additional within the fridge (as a result of you’ve been storing herbs properly), add them!
Hen or Shrimp Pasta Salad: As a substitute of salami, add 2 cups of cooked (peeled) shrimp to the salad. You may additionally add chopped grilled rooster or shredded rotisserie-style chicken. A scrumptious selection that turns the salad into extra of a important meal.
