Recipe: More Pasta Salad Ideas

Fettuccine and Feta sounds goooood. Here are a couple more ideas, Dona.
Be sure not to overcook the pasta, or stir the salad so hard as to break or mush the pasta.
Also, I like to combine pasta in salads, adding some shells to macaroni, or tri color spirals to macaroni, or spinach pasta to macaroni... your imagination and flare for fun can enhance your salad greatly.
I also add a bay leaf to the water as I cook the pasts. I like the subtle tang it gives the salad.
Good luck Dona and have fun. Let us know how it worked uot.
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Shrimp & Pasta Salad
8 oz. package of elbow macaroni
1/4 lb. of fresh salad shrimp
1 1/2 cups of mayonnaise
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup sliced black olives
Cook the macaroni and drain well. Run cold water over the
macaroni to stop the cooking process and cool for use. In a
medium sized mixing bowl, mix the macaroni with the
mayonnaise, shrimp, onion, celery and black olives. Chill for
one hour.

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Title: ARTICHOKE AND SHRIMP PASTA SALAD - Bon Appetit
Categories: .ba, Salads, Seafood, Pasta
Yield: 6 servings

2 9-oz packages frozen 2 Egg yolks
-artichoke hearts 2 T Minced shallot
1 1/2 lb Cooked medium shrimp, peeled 1 c Olive oil
-and deveined 1/2 c Vegetable oil
1/2 c Red wine vinegar Salt & freshly ground pepper
1/4 c Dijon mustard 1 lb Medium pasta shells, freshly
1/4 c Snipped fresh chives -cooked and slightly cooled

Cook artichoke hearts according to package directions. Drain and
place in large bowl. Add shrimp.

Combine vinegar, mustard, chives, yolks and shallot in blender or
processor. With machine running, gradually add both oils in thin
stream. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over artichoke hearts and
shrimp. Cover and refrigerate 2 to 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
Add pasta shells and toss thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate until
well chilled. (Can be made 1 day ahead.) Serve cold.

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PASTA SALAD
2 c. broccoli flowerlets
2 c. cauliflower flowerlets
2 c. fresh, sliced mushrooms
1 (16 oz.) jar artichoke hearts, rinsed and chopped
1 small can sliced olives
1 (12 oz.) pkg. spiral macaroni, cooked, but not quite tender. (Rinse in cold
water.)
DRESSING:
1 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. vinegar
2 Tbsp. Grey Poupon mustard
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
4 Tbsp. parmesan cheese
6 fresh garlic cloves, minced
Mix all ingredients together. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.