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Hello everyone,
I want to make my lunches for work next week, but I am bored of doing sandwiches.
I want to make cold pasta salads, I have done all the usual like chicken & mayo, tuna & sweetcorn, prawn & marie rose etc.
I wondered if anyone had any ideas for nice and maybe unusual cold pasta dishes?
Thanks in advance
I want to make my lunches for work next week, but I am bored of doing sandwiches.
I want to make cold pasta salads, I have done all the usual like chicken & mayo, tuna & sweetcorn, prawn & marie rose etc.
I wondered if anyone had any ideas for nice and maybe unusual cold pasta dishes?
Thanks in advance
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hey robbie, you could do a noodle salad with a stir-fry sauce and some nice crisp veggies (sugarsnap peas, peppers, onion) and/or pork, spaghetti with cold carbonara-type sauce and some ham, a spicy tomato pasta with sauce (shop-bought or homemade) and some yummy veggies and meat, a salmon and cucumber pasta salad (I hate cucumber, but apparently they go well together!) Hope you find something delicious. I love cold leftovers (mainly because I don't like microwaving!), so often I will have last night's bacon bolognese cold, or veggie curry, or stir fry. You could try a rice salad too with peas and sweetcorn and fish or meat. Mix it up! :)
For something a little different, try this:
8 oz. macaroni, cooked al dente
4 oz. baked apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 oz. golden raisins
4 oz. Cheddar cheese, finely grated
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 cups mayonnaise
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
Raddichio leaves to serve and parsley sprigs to garnish
Prep:
Arrange raddichio leaves on a platter.
Using a large salad bowl, combine macaroni, apples, golden raisins and cheese. In another bowl, thoroughly mix together cinnamon, mayonnaise, salt and black pepper. Pour dressing over salad and mix well.
Spoon apple and macaroni salad onto raddichio leaves. Chill for � hour and serve cold, garnished with parsley, as a side dish to meat or poultry, or as a main course with crusty rolls. (We've used several different types of pasta in this recipe, including spaghetti) Best of luck!
8 oz. macaroni, cooked al dente
4 oz. baked apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 oz. golden raisins
4 oz. Cheddar cheese, finely grated
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 cups mayonnaise
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
Raddichio leaves to serve and parsley sprigs to garnish
Prep:
Arrange raddichio leaves on a platter.
Using a large salad bowl, combine macaroni, apples, golden raisins and cheese. In another bowl, thoroughly mix together cinnamon, mayonnaise, salt and black pepper. Pour dressing over salad and mix well.
Spoon apple and macaroni salad onto raddichio leaves. Chill for � hour and serve cold, garnished with parsley, as a side dish to meat or poultry, or as a main course with crusty rolls. (We've used several different types of pasta in this recipe, including spaghetti) Best of luck!
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