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Frugal Pasta Salad

Jul 3, 2011 The links in the post below may be affiliate links. Read the full disclosure

This recipe was sent to us from FAB FruGal Chelsea! This is a frugal and easy one for 4th of July BBQs:

1 lb pasta, cooked, cooled and drained (I used Ronzoni Smart Taste rotini)
3 tomatoes on the vine, diced
1/4 yellow onion, chopped
a bit of celery, chopped
3/4-1lb cheese, cubed (I used Tilamook Vintage White Cheddar)
1/2 bottle Italian dressing (I used Wishbone Balsamic Vinaigrette)

Mix it all together! Takes me less than 20 minutes to make…frugal in cost, and in time!!

Meal Type: Salads

Comments & Reviews

mom2fur (aka Clare)

July 3, 2011 at 1:42 pm

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I love pasta salad! And the best part (besides the taste) is that you often have most of the ingredients–like the pasta and salad dressing–on hand already!
Hailey

July 3, 2011 at 10:10 pm

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Haha! I just was going to make some pasta salad because I have a ton of stockpiled pasta!
Lina

August 30, 2011 at 8:58 am

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To make it more frugal, you can make Italian dressing or balsamic vinagrette. I found that virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lime juice, minced garlic, a little dijon mustard, works great!