Cold pasta salads travel well to picnics, potlucks, and lunch boxes. Choose creamy, Italian, Greek, or protein-packed bowls. Most keep in the fridge for three to four days.
Browse all 17 pasta salad recipes below. Each one includes a printable recipe card with ingredients, steps, and timings.
Black Eyed Pea Pasta Salad: Zesty Summer Bowl
Refreshing black eyed pea pasta salad combines picnic pasta classics with protein-packed Southern legumes in twenty minutes.
Bloody Mary Pasta Salad Tangy Picnic Side Recipe
This vibrant Bloody Mary Pasta Salad transforms America's favorite brunch cocktail into a crowd-pleasing pasta side.
Chicken Club Pasta Salad: Crispy Bacon Ranch
This satisfying chicken club pasta salad packs all the savory elements of a triple-decker deli sandwich into chilled pasta bowls.
Christmas Pasta Salad: Festive Holiday Salad
This festive Christmas pasta salad brings holiday cheer with cherry tomatoes, broccoli florets, and fresh mozzarella pearls.
Deviled Egg Pasta Salad: Creamy Mustard Macaroni
This tangy deviled egg pasta salad brings two barbecue favorites together into one crowd-pleasing side.
Fall Harvest Pasta Salad
Make fall harvest pasta salad with penne, roasted butternut squash, spinach, cranberries, walnuts, feta, and lemon maple dressing.
Fresh Fall Harvest Pasta Salad
This fresh harvest pasta salad celebrates autumn flavors with roasted butternut squash, dried cranberries, and crumbled feta cheese.
Halloween Pasta Salad with Maple Herb Dressing
Make a Halloween pasta salad with spooky-shaped pasta, rainbow carrots, spinach, red onion, and a maple Dijon herb vinaigrette.
Irresistible and Easy Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
I love making this easy chicken Caesar pasta salad for warm summer potlucks and picnic lunches.
Italian Grinder Pasta Salad: Deli Sub Pasta Bowl
This viral Italian grinder pasta salad translates legendary deli sub sandwich components into a vibrant pasta bowl.
Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
Mexican street corn pasta salad combines al dente cavatappi pasta spirals with sweet fire-charred corn kernels, crumbled cotija cheese, and fresh cilantro.
Spooky Halloween Eyeball Pasta Salad
Chilled Halloween pasta salad featuring black pasta, Italian vinaigrette, and fresh mozzarella olive eyeballs.
Street Corn Pasta Salad
Make Mexican street corn pasta salad with charred corn, rotini, red pepper, cilantro, cotija, chili powder, and a creamy lime mayo dressing.
Taco Pasta Salad: Zesty Ground Beef Fiesta
Zesty taco pasta salad combines two family comfort favorites into an unforgettable summertime potluck feast.
Tuna Pasta Salad: Creamy Classic Picnic Side
This nostalgic tuna pasta salad brings creamy comfort to summer barbecues, picnics, and family potlucks.
Vegetarian Italian Pasta Salad Zesty Mozzarella Rotini
This vibrant Vegetarian Italian Pasta Salad brings picnic tables alive with spiral rotini, milky mozzarella pearls, and crisp Mediterranean vegetables.
Waldorf Chicken Pasta Salad Creamy Crunchy Summer Recipe
This refreshing Waldorf Chicken Pasta Salad combines vintage New York deli charm with tender pasta.