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Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe To Enjoy This Spring

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January 2, 2025 By Pioneer Settler Contributor 3 Comments

This easy homemade pasta salad recipe can be prepared in minutes and is a super dish for spring. However, we must admit we love eating it all year round!

Scrumptious Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe

Hot pasta is absolutely divine, however, during the spring it’s hard to resist the urge to exclusively eat fresh meals, like this super homemade pasta salad. With the temperature rising, we can’t help but daydream about cool, scrumptious recipes. So, we got pretty inspired and just had to share this recipe from Five Heart Home. It’s easy enough to take to work and delicious enough to impress at a potluck. And if basil and cherry (or grape) tomatoes bring you to your knees, sheesh, you must try out this recipe — it’s to die for!

 

Ingredients You’ll Need:

For The Salad:

For The Salad | Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe To Enjoy This Spring

  • 22-ounce package frozen (or fresh) cheese tortellini
  • 3 cups (about 16 ounces) sliced cherry or grape tomatoes (halved or quartered, depending on size)
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels, cooked and sliced from the cob (approximately 14 ounces of corn, which comes from about 4 cobs)
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, sliced in a chiffonade
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • Freshly ground black pepper

For The Vinaigrette:

For The Vinaigrette | Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe To Enjoy This Spring

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

 

Directions:

Step 1: Cook The Tortellini

Boil tortellini in salted water according to package directions. Drain and cool.

 

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Step 2: Mix The Salad Ingredients

Step 2: Mix The Salad Ingredients | Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe To Enjoy This Spring
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In a large salad bowl, combine tortellini, sliced tomatoes, fresh corn kernels, fresh chopped basil, Parmesan cheese, and pepper.

 

Step 3: Combine The Vinaigrette Ingredients

Step 3: Combine The Vinaigrette Ingredients | Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe To Enjoy This Spring
image via fivehearthome

Combine all vinaigrette ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake vigorously. Pour over tortellini salad and gently mix all ingredients until well combined. Chill for several hours before serving.

 

Still want another fast and simple pasta salad recipe? Check out this video tutorial from simpledishes:

Feel like making your way to the grocery store yet? Take note that all recipes fare best with ultra fresh ingredients, so don’t you dare turn to the frozen food section to pick up a bag of corn — make sure you go directly for those ears of corn, nothing will compensate for that extra crisp and crunch. Let’s get cookin’ and start eating healthy, folks.

Did you enjoy this homemade pasta salad recipe? Let us know in the comments section below what troubles you had or what you did differently with this homemade pasta salad recipe.

Want another quick and easy salad recipe to try your hands on? Check out our Mason Jar Salad Recipes!

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This post was originally published in December 2015 and has been updated for quality and relevancy.

 

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Filed Under: Recipes, Salads & Vegetables

Comments

  1. Patricia J Kowalczyk says

    February 7, 2020 at 8:50 PM

    Both pasta dishes are right up my family’s alley. Will be my next contribution to the family party.
    Please sign me up to subscribe to your site

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