An easy Cold Pasta Salad recipe with broccoli, peppers, zesty Italian dressing and Parmesan cheese.Make it ahead; the flavor gets even better as it sits!Need some other winning potluck recipes? Whip up this amazing seven layer salad, or easy, breezy cowboy caviar...all you need is a bag of chips and a passion for beans.Serve it up with this straight-from-Wisconsin recipe for beer brats, a potato salad to end all potato salads, and lots of pirate punch.

Pin Now To Save! PIN ITOne of the most popular recipes on this site, and for very delicious reasons.Young, old, and somewhere in between, everyone loves it.Pasta salad without mayo means that you can leave the bowl out a little longer, too.The easy vinaigrette marinates the vegetables, so it really does get better the longer it sits--you're not imagining it!Of course, there are tons of fun ways you can change up this salad, depending on the season and what you have hanging out in the veggie drawer.

I always prefer a springy pasta shape like fusilli to catch all of the dressing, but you pick your favorite.You don't even have to wait for a party.Make a bowl and have light lunches and snacks all week long.Making Cold Pasta Salad for the hungry masses? Just click and slide the number next to “servings” on the recipe card below to adjust the ingredients to match how many you’re feeding—the recipe does the math for you, it’s that easy.Making the pasta salad dressing:This vinaigrette recipe is my go-to for most cold no

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