3 Healthy Ways to Transform Your Pasta Salads

[@SW-dm3qr]

Marinating the onions in dressing overnight to tone them down is brilliant!

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Right, you can't even notice onions in the salad but it gives that pickly flavor.

[@laurabaumgartner3085]

Pasta is one of my favorite foods, and I love to make a pasta salad by using the tri color spiral pasta. I do add onions, peppers, oven roasted carrots and whatever veggie I may have left in my fridge since it's a great way to use up veggies before they spoil. As a dressing I use a low calorie Italian dressing, and if I have some leftover chicken or hard boiled eggs I will add those to make it a complete meal.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

You're right, it's such an awesome dish, and there're so many great ways (ingredients) you can make your salad more on a healthier side, and it's definitely a great fridge cleaner:)

[@supersayre]

I love making something like this with a spicy peanut ginger dressing-- peanut butter, sriracha, ginger, honey and a little reduced sodium soy sauce. It's amazing with snow peas, bell peppers and chicken.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Yes, definitely a good one too, love the dressing!

[@hazelkinvig-paul8231]

Great tips for a healthier pasta salad Sasha! That dressing sounds amazing I must give that a try. TFS and have a great week! 👍💖

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks so much Hazel, this dressing is just delicious, and make sure to coat the pasta while still warm, this step is a game-changer. Have a great day, take care!

[@christineleblanc9632]

Yum, dinner this week. Thank you.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Glad you like it!

[@ohlottie]

I’m almost finished making this! I’m looking forward to having it at work the next 2 days. Thank you for the wonderful idea! I made mine with baked turkey breast.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Baked turkey breast pasta salad, sounds great too, thanks for trying out the recipe, I appreciate your feedback!

[@haley831]

I absolutely love your recipes, I have a young son and ever since having him, I can’t help but to want better food choices for him. Thank you so much!

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Hi there, things just make more sense and feel easier when you're doing them for your family. Glad my recipes work for you guys, and thanks for your kind feedback!

[@MicheleWalkerWebb]

Thanks Sasha. I'm going to add some blanched Kale. A soft pasta. Having dental work. This will be perfection

[@HowToCookSmarter]

You're very welcome Michele! You're right, it feels so much better than al-dente pasta salad, and soaks up much more flavor...

[@MicheleWalkerWebb]

Sasha. I made a big bowl of pasta, using your delicious dressing. I was a bit lazy so I used a frozen vegetable medley. Yum. Your the best 👍

[@HowToCookSmarter]

@@MicheleWalkerWebb Yes, this dressing is so good, I'm going to use it iin my potato salad next time... Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beankeys8812]

Thank you, your tips are great. I’m enjoying your recipes.👍

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@fb03d52]

I love this thank you so much I just came across your channel the other week have already made your banana brownies and will be doing this tomorrow!! I can’t wait… can I ask you to make more savoury dishes and recipes I am enjoying your recipes and wanting to incorporate your more nutritional and healthier alternatives!

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks for your kind feedback! Glad you find my recipes helpful! Hope you enjoyed this pasta salad.

[@NaNasE93Newmoon]

No oats? Just kidding, this looks tasty! I was just thinking I'd like to make a pasta salad soon! Thank you ❤

[@kahinaharrache5026]

I came to see whether he used oats instead of pasta 😂

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Yes, I know, making some oat pasta would be too much work... and it would be more like a new type of pasta salad. Hope you'll enjoy the recipe!

[@2075vj]

Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll be making this today.😋

[@HowToCookSmarter]

You're very welcome! Let me know how it turned out for you.

[@qualqui]

Pasta salad? Looks great Sasha, haven't tried this yet but i bet it as good as a yummy veggie noodles stirfry, which i recently had for breakfast!😂 Thanks for sharing your cooking ingenuity,👍and greetings from central México.😊

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Hi there! Yes, that would be something like stir fried veggies and noodles but cooled down and coated in a dressing, instead of soy sauce... Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your kind feedback! Sending back hugs to Mexico!

[@irenes.2807]

That really looked tasty! I imagine it probably tasted great, too, when it was still warm, just after adding the chicken. Very versatile! Hvala!❤️🤍💙

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks Irena! It was delicious both warm and cold, after sitting in the fridge overnight all the ingredeints soaked up the dressing and it was more flavorful, but eating it right away is also great, you know that juicy chicken, slightly crunchy broccoli... I can't help myself, I'm making another batch today:) Pozz!

[@user-fg8dq6tf2d]

❤❤❤❤❤it Thank you.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

You're so welcome!

[@sjr7822]

Yum

[@Zenkaz967]

Looks delicious!

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks!

[@epriedane]

There is also another type of pasta. Name of it shirataki or Konnyaku ,it has 19% caloric content and 2% carb per 100g.I have been using it for several years without complaints. 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Never tried these before, what about the structure of these noodles, are they differ from regular pasta?

[@MicheleWalkerWebb]

I'm here for this.

[@MrDiscreet100]

Looks very tasty

[@HowToCookSmarter]

It was really good!

[@punkypinko2965]

I appreciate that you reduce calories and increase nutrition. Very good.

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks so much for sending over your feedback!

[@lizv.418]

It looks very delicious!! I love pasta salads🤗❤

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Thanks Liz, glad you like this pasta salad makeover!

[@phuongkatoo]

thank you!! how many serving is this recipe btw? 😊

[@HowToCookSmarter]

6-8 servings I would say

[@Evergreen945]

Hi Sasha can you please say what type of mustard n also a substitute for the red wine vinegar for ppl who cannot have wine!

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Hi! It's just a regular mustard we have here, nothing fancy, and for the red wine vinegar you can use any other vinegar you prefer, apple cider would be great, or even some lemon juice instead.

[@nantianakou2693]

How many grams of dried pasta is one portion for an adult who wants to lose weight?

[@HowToCookSmarter]

I think eating this salad would be acceptable even on a weight loss diet, of course not eating it every other day, anyway if you make let's say 6 servings out of this recipe, in that case it would be like 35g dry pasta per portion.

[@nantianakou2693]

@@HowToCookSmarter thank you 👍 I've seen different recommendations in terms of portions of dry pasta for diet but 35gr sounds logical since it's combined with all these wonderful ingredients

[@HowToCookSmarter]

@@nantianakou2693 Exactly, it's just enough pasta to call it a pasta dish, but if you want you can even increase the amount of goodies you add into your salad, like more veggies or different veggies.

[@Divinefemininemiracles]

Glad not using oats had stopped watching cos I was fed up with them. 👍

[@HowToCookSmarter]

Glad you liked this one!

[@markrothenberg9867]

Makes me laugh when a chef says add a protein by adding meat. All of those veggies have protein already. Adding chickpeas instead of chicken would add even more healthy protein.

[@Tabbs909]

Pasta has protein as well

[@soniamedrano739]

We always have options to customize a recipe to our own preference.

[@marygarrett9724]

Just suggestions

[@Tabbs909]

@@marygarrett9724exactly

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Meat just has the benefit of being very protein-dense, really useful for people building muscle. It's not that deep, certainly not an evil conspiracy.