I have been craving pasta salad for the last couple of
weeks. A summery, crisp, and bright
pasta salad of some kind. At the same time I read an NPR blog post that basically
read my mine (http://www.npr.org/2013/06/26/195311156/helping-pasta-salad-dress-for-success).
Think differently about your pasta salad - ditch your jar of mayonnaise and think
of it as a salad or a complete meal (whole grains [e.g,, pasta], vegetables,
protein [e.g. nuts, beans, tofu, shrimp], and fat [e.g., olive oil]) not just a
starchy/fatty side dish. Look around you
at all of the fresh summer tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, chards, asparagus, and
leafy greens for inspiration.