Today I am sharing a popular pasta salad I have been making for over twenty-five years – Potluck Pasta Salad!
Potluck Pasta Salad
Seriously – the best! This awesome salad is loaded with feta, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and topped with a fantastic homemade balsamic dressing – this salad is bursting with flavor! Even better, it’s so easy to make. The perfect side dish for your next potluck, barbecue or gathering!
My Most Requested Salad
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Potluck Pasta Salad
(AKA, Pasta Salad with a Twist)
Originally shared June 26, 2013
- 1 box Gemelli Pasta (1 lb) cooked according to package (or your favorite pasta – penne, twist, bow tie)
- 8 oz Feta, crumbled
- 1 large Cucumber, peeled, cut bite size
- 1 pint Cherry or Grape Tomatoes (sliced in halves or quarters)
- 1/2 cup Red Onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil or Canola
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 3 tablespoons good Balsamic Vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon Dry Mustard (or a little squeeze of yellow mustard)
- Few twists of Fresh Cracked Pepper Or use 1/8 tsp of Reg Ground Pepper
Whisk all the ingredients together, until sugar and oil are blended. It takes a few minutes for the oil and sugar to blend. Keep whisking….it will blend!
- This salad is great with Greek and Italian dressing too.
- Adjust the amount of feta and veggies to your preference.
- Great topped with fresh cracked pepper.
- You can use other types of pasta – penne, rotini, bow-tie…
- Make a meal out of it, top the pasta with grilled chicken!
ENJOY!
karenf
I saw this first on The Country Cook, but since you are the originator, I’m posting here. So for years I’ve had a great pasta salad recipe, with a ho-hum dressing. I didn’t want to use bottled and I’ve tried every vinaigrette and/or creamy dressing imaginable. And this is it. This is what I’ve been looking for. It’s nothing short of amazing. I do use different ingredients than you do for the salad, and I find that mine benefits from an overnight marinating period. And I also drizzle Balsamic Glaze over top of the whole batch before serving. But I’m telling you, this dressing has taken it over the top and all my guinea pigs agree! Thanks so much for being gracious enough to share with us!
Mary Neumann
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a sweet comment,, Karen. Love hearing how much you like the dressing – it’s my favorite! It originated from another salad I made wayyyy back when I was pregnant with my first. It’s also amazing drizzled (or dipped) on Margherita pizzas. 🙂
The salad the dressing is from this recipe: https://sweetlittlebluebird.com/my-most-requested-salad-recipe-2/
The Farmers Wife
Oh my goodness this looks so great!! I absolutely adore this dressing recipe, it would be great on so many salads, but will definitely have to try this!
Mary Neumann
Thank you! Great to hear you love the dressing. 🙂
Heather @ The Beating Hearth
I love pasta salad!!! This one looks so good. We are camping soon, I might have to bring this along.
Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm
Mary this looks awesome,…but it's the dressing that I want to make!! Oh my gosh, I love basalmic vinegar!
Mel@Mellywood's Mansion
oh yum mary you have me dreaming of Summer!!