As much as I love all Italian food and it's mixture of rich deep dishes and light simple ones, sometimes serving cold pasta is what hits the spot especially if it's thispasta salad!
As summer starts to beat down on us and the dusty grill covers get lifted off, the temptation to eat al fresco returns. I love eating outdoors including any time we go camping.
It doesn't have to be a fancy pants dinner but It always seems way more relaxed under the stars. My barbecue grill and smoker get their workout for sure and I'm looking into making my own outdoors pizza oven.
Before I became a stay-at-home dad I worked in food service.
I remember making huge containers of pasta salads and always selling out of them first. I recently found a stash of recipes from those days in the store, so you can bet you'll be seeing a lot more simple summer salads coming at ya!
Cold pasta salads are always a hit for back yard parties- easy, fast to make, simple ingredients and you can make a huge bowl that can easily last the whole party.
Pasta salads are also a great pot luck item, just turn up and put the bowl on the table to go back later and see it empty -voila, you're a hero!
I poached my salmon but you could just as easily grill it or sear it in a pan. Poaching is low maintenance, just chuck it in the oven set the timer and go skateboarding with your kid (like I did).
I brought a new board home from Hawaii and Miranda fell in love with it. Today was her birthday so what to get her was pretty easy to figure out.Try this salmon pasta salad, you'll love it...
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