Pasta Salad 50 Favorite Recipes

Pasta Salad 50 Favorite Recipes by Barbara Lauterbach is a book with very unique recipes not found in your standard cookbook. Here you will find some interesting ways to turn a simple pasta salad into a gourmet experience.

About the Author:

Barbara Lauterbach is a cooking teacher, writer, and member of various culinary associations. She has written for Cooking Light Magazine, the Boston Globe and Yankee Magazine. She is also the author of other salad cookbooks availiable Here

About the Book:

Pasta Salad 50 Favorite Recipes has some very interesting recipes loaded with healthy ingredients and tasty dressings. Many of the recipes have full page pictures which are very well done by Reed Davis. Each salad in this book seems to have some sort of personal connection to the author, which she shares in her introductions to each recipe. All in all this is a very well written and colourful book which shares the author's passion for her art.

Table Of Contents:

1-The Basics

This chapter covers some basic tips for choosing, cooking and preparing pasta for salads. There is a good picture of the different types of pasta used in the included recipes.

2-Master Recipes

This chapter covers basic recipes for vinaigrette and mayonnaise, as well as step by step directions for blanching vegetables and toasting seeds and nuts.

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Recipes:

Orecchiette and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Honey-Ginger Dressing
Spicy Soba Sesame Salad
Fusili Salad with Sugar Snap Peas and Roasted Peppers
Greek Orzo Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumbers in Lemon Dressing
B & B Fusili Salad with Goat Cheese and Argula

4-Meat and Poultry Pasta Salad

Recipes:

Radiatore Beef Salad with Horseradish Dressing
Annual Meeting Tortellini and Prosciutto Salad
Chicken Rigatoni Ceasar Salad
Pipette Salad with Ham and Eggs
Pepperoni Pizza Salad
Chinese Chicken Salad with Rice Noodles
Snow Party Pasta Salad
The Antipasto Salad
Asian Peanut Noodles with Shredded Chicken

5-Seafood Pasta Salad

Recipes:

Music Festival Lobster Pasta Salad
Udon and Shrimp Salad
Pasta Salad Nicoise
Boca Raton Asian Seafood Pasta Salad
Pipette and Surimi "Louise" Salad
Heartland Mussels and Shells Salad
Manicotti Stuffed with Tuna Salad
Salmon, Peas and Pasta Salad with Dill Dressing
Campanelle, Artichoke and Anchovy Salad
Crabmeat Salad Shells

6-From Family and Friends

Recipes:

Ellen's Couscous, Lentil and Pasta Salad
The Roommate's Vermecelli Salad
Kathryn's Gemelli Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Artichokes
Wendy's Rotini and Smoked Salmon Salad with Tomato-Basil Vinaigrette
Lisa's Exploding Asian Noodle Salad
Helen's Farfalle Salad with Lemon-Caper Dressing
Alex and Andy's Rotini and Black Bean Salad
Jo's Campanelle Salad with Tomatoes, Basil and Brie
Beede Falls Orzo Salad
Susan and Paolo's Yale Pasta Salad
Endeavor Cafe' Pasta Salad
CH's Orzo Salad with Spinache, Olives and Feta
Waterfall Cafe' Pasta Salad
Dan's Retro Macaroni SaladBR>

References

Index

Table of Equivalents

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