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Loaded Pasta Salad

March 11, 2016 By Stefanie

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As the weather warms our family outings begin. This means the time is soon coming where I’ll be packing lunches quite often as we venture out to different parks, activities and small road trips around the area. Instead of just packing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and calling it good, I want to include fun and different food options that are easy to take on the go. Loaded Pasta Salad is one of those things that is easy to customize based on your food likes and easy to take along. With a travel container and a small insulated cooler, the pasta salad is ready to go!

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Recently Door to Door Organics reached out to me to work together on a sponsored post to get the news out about their incredible services. Door to Door Organics is an online grocery store ready to load you up with organic produce, meats, dairy products and more. They deliver to 15 states & 80 cities throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado & Wyoming. You can check their delivery locator to make sure you are in a region that gets deliveries. You can sign up for a subscription box. They have an incredible amounts of varieties. I got a medium mixed (veggies and fruit) box. I also added on a pound of strawberries and some organic pasta to try. All of this was $50 including the shipping! I think the most fun part for me is getting to try a few new things I probably wouldn’t try otherwise. This week we will be trying yellow mango and butternut squash for the first time!

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To make my version of Loaded Pasta Salad you will need all your favorite veggies diced up. I just used what came in my Door to Door Organics box this month.

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Ingredients:

  • Pasta
  • Favorite cheese(s)
  • Tomatoes
  • Bell Pepper
  • Zucchini
  • Yellow Squash
  • Green Onion
  • Olives
  • Carrots
  • Italian Dressing (1 cup or to taste)

Directions:

Boil noodles according to package.

Drain excess water, place in bowl with a small amount of Italian dressing. The noodles have a tendency to stick together and the little bit of oil in the dressing will help the noodles stay separate.

Place in the fridge for an hour, or until cool.

Cut up veggies while waiting for the pasta to cool.

Once pasta is cool combine veggies and the rest of the Italian dressing and stir to mix. Keep refrigerated.

Want to make it a meal instead of a side? Add some chicken chunks to bulk it up!

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With Door to Door organics you don’t have to get a mixed box, you can get just veggies or just fruit if that better suits your lifestyle. The boxes are preset with produce but you can make up to 5 changes to your box. You can also set what your favorite foods are so they are always included in your boxes.

Are you interested in trying Door to Door Organics? Right now you can save $10 on your first produce box with code HEALTHYSPRING16.

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, School Tagged With: Door to Door Organics, food, pasta

Comments

  1. shelly b says

    March 11, 2016 at 11:42 AM

    That salad looks so refreshing. I love organic food but have not heard of this particular service. You are going to love the squash. Tastes similar to turnip, only sweeter. It tastes great, baked with a dab of butter and sprinkled with brown sugar and cinnamon. I love it!

  2. Jennifer MomSpotted says

    March 11, 2016 at 8:40 PM

    This salad has me craving my garden! I had to pin it for later, it looks delicious! I guess until I can get in the dirt I should go check out Door to Door Organics! Thanks!

  3. misshappyfeet says

    March 12, 2016 at 6:09 AM

    I still have a lot of salad recipe to try, but this is definitely a must try in the near future! easy, refreshing and light, exactly how i like it! thank you for sharing it with us!

  4. Jaclyn Anne says

    March 12, 2016 at 12:27 PM

    I am so excited for spring and summer, are they are just around the corner. Pasta salad is the perfect dish to bring to family BBQs and get-togethers and I will definitely have to try your yummy recipe. I think the family will love it!

  5. Jaime Nicole says

    March 12, 2016 at 12:39 PM

    This looks like a wonderful dish and it will taste so great with the fresh ingredients that I know are coming to the market soon. I am so ready to start eating fresh foods again – time for the canned stuff to go away. You just can’t beat fresh for health and flavor!

  6. Censie says

    March 13, 2016 at 4:26 PM

    Cold pasta salad is one of my favorite things to make on the weekend and then use it through out the week for lunches at work. This one is packed full of fresh veggies. Looks so colorful and yummy.

  7. Katie @ Recipe for Perfection says

    March 14, 2016 at 5:19 AM

    What a lovely box of goodies. I’d sure like to get one of those! It’s great to have something that encourages you to eat more produce, especially the organic kind. I’m not a huge pasta salad fan, but my husband does love that kind of thing.

  8. Heidi Gray says

    March 15, 2016 at 9:38 AM

    I would love to try Door to Door Organics! Hopefully soon they expand to our area.

  9. patricia delgado says

    March 25, 2016 at 1:06 PM

    This is a yummy side recipe for Easter! We like to keep it fresh and light.

  10. Heather S says

    July 21, 2016 at 6:12 PM

    Pasta salads are a family favorite! I’m always on the lookout for new recipes 🙂

  11. Dana MATTHEWS says

    January 11, 2017 at 1:17 AM

    I love this recipe. It has some of my favorite things squash, green onions and tomatoes! Can’t wait to try it!

  12. Jennifer Trevino says

    May 15, 2017 at 3:08 PM

    The pasta salad looks so good, and healthy. If this recipe doesn’t get someone to want to be healthy by just looking at it, I’d be surprised.

  13. Sharon Braswell says

    January 13, 2020 at 7:58 PM

    This is a great Pasta Salad recipe! So pretty, healthy and full of yummy ingredients. My problem would be it wouldn’t last long at my house at all… Thanks so much for sharing!

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