THE Pasta Salad of Summer | Home Movies with Alison Roman

Welcome to pasta salad season! A far cry from the boring, bland, under-dressed and over-pasta’d pasta salads you may be used to, this is one you’re going to want in your rotation all summer long. This one tastes like summer and is filled with all the perfect produce in abundance this time of year. There’s jammy zucchini, toasty walnuts, peppery scallions, a little spice, a lot of lemon, briny capers, fresh herbs, and basically an entire block of parmesan.
It’s long weekend-ready, but it’s also an excellent summer stoop lunch, beach snack, a showstopper at any potluck, and a dinner party go-to. It’s pasta salad post-makeover montage: a little more sophisticated, a lot more layered in texture and flavor, and just really, really delicious. Everything you could ask for and more.
RECIPE & INGREDIENTS:
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Opening
0:24​ Home Movies with Alison Roman intro
0:30 Intro to the Memorial Day Pasta Salad
2:17 Boil and salt the pasta water
3:09 Toast the walnuts in oil then set aside
4:03 Chop the scallions and fry them in the toasted walnut oil
5:04 Slice the zucchini and add them to the frying pan
7:45 Thinly slice additional scallions and set aside
9:00 Cut (not grate) parmesan into chunks and set aside
10:18 Drop the pasta into the boiling water
11:09 Add capers to the skillet
11:49 In a large mixing bowl, add scallions and grated garlic
13:10 Drain the pasta and rinse with cold water
13:31 Add the pasta and zucchini mix to the mixing bowl and toss
13:46 How to travel with and finish the pasta salad
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VIDEO CREDITS:
Director: Daniel Hurwitz
Editor: Matt Maltese
Director of Photography: Dennis Thomas
Sound: Brian Cushin

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The hardest part of this recipe is keeping yourself from eating the delicious salted olive-oil toasted walnuts. I'm taking this to my first potluck in 15 months. Thanks Alison!

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I am literally eating this right now. I just finished making it and had to come here and say THANK YOU! It's absolutely delicious and I can never go back to old pasta salads. You have simultaneously enriched and ruined me as a result

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Fried and salted walnuts make a great snack all on their own. 😊

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I've never liked pasta salad, but I have a feeling this recipe will convert me!

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I could live on this salad! I love zucchini! I love the idea of 3 to 1 veggies to pasta! Love, love, love!

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Lots of great tips, and the ‘script’ is a hilarious post-production touch.

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Saved by the bell in planning a Memorial Day lunch, ty Alison!

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Made this tonight and it was honestly the best pasta salad I've ever had

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I have made this recipe twice in 2 weeks, and this is the *best* pasta salad I've ever had. Full stop.

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Made this for lunch today, and it was ridiculously delicious! Thank you Alison 💙💚

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Now, I know what to do with my zucchini. I always appreciate your fun approach to cooking and baking, Alison. That blanching tip in your last video was an ah ha moment for me.

[@hayley_]

I made this yesterday and cannot get over how phenomenal it is, WOW. So good I had to come back and leave a comment. I typically avoid pasta salad for all the reasons you mentioned, but this is so different in the best way. Yet another Alison recipe added to my regular rotation!

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So inspiring! Thank you Alison it’s always fun to cook with you!

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Looks delicious, and you are very funny as well as being a terrific cook.

[@namotenashi]

I love pasta salad! I hope this salad is in the fridge! I'm glad to be able to eat it anytime! Perfect for summer!

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This looks delicious! I love the brightness of this dish that you don’t typically find in a pasta salad. I’m going to make a version of this for the Memorial weekend. 😋

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Looks SO delish! Just in time for Memorial day weekend.

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another instant classic :) Thanks Miss Roman

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I absolutely love cooking pasta salad as a bbq side dish, and this is the best-looking pasta salad/recipe I think I've ever seen! I love the idea of cooking walnuts in oil first...love this! Thank you :D

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Only Alison Roman can take a simple preparation like a salad, and just by putting it into her perspective--using her way of describing her food philosophy and life in general, and make it profoundly enjoyable and delicious. as inspiring as her recipes are, they present themselves through her cooking-- a joyous yet spiritual aspect of lighthearted warmth--and shows a very rational vulnerability of human condition.

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Love that you put more veggies than pasta. I would add corn and cherry tomatoes for color and flavor as well, they are very summery to me

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Love the East Fork bowls

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Making this tomorrow! Thanks!

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You crack me up, which is super fun in the middle of an otherwise dull Tuesday.

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Salads are the best part of summer!!

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I might give pasta salad another chance. Thanks for the recipe, sounds great for summer! 🤩

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This looks phenomenal.

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I love these so much!!

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The only pasta salad I’ve ever seen that I would actually eat 😍

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This recipe was absolutely incredible!!!!!

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Made it yesterday, making it again today. What a beautiful, vibrant simple yet complex in the flavors dish! Thank you Alison!

[@jeank2125]

I rocked this pasta salad tonight and it is phenomenal. I’m not sure what I expected it to taste like, but it blew any expectations away. Flavorful AF. I might add some roasted cherry tomatoes because I happen to have them, but this recipe is awesome as-is. Thanks! ETA: I also cooked the pasta in my All-Clad. Not even on purpose, lol.

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Wowwww this looks delicious!! I'm going to make it this weekend. Thank you, Alison!!

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I've made this three times in the past 10 days. Thank you for the inspiration. Added some fresh basil as well and am planning to help bring back pasta salad as a thing.

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Ms. Roman, your cooking videos are amazing; thank you!

[@divinedanni]

This was so delicious! Thank you for creating a dish with this much scallions, so heavenly. I ended up swapping arugula for parsley and it worked great.

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As I almost always say after your videos: I cannot wait to make this!

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I love salads that I can live on salads only. This is amazing. Please create more salad recipes

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Oh dear heavens. This is a bloody good salad with pasta. I made it for Father’s Day Chefs kiss

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Me: I'm bringing pasta salad Potluck host: Hrm. Ok. Me: *turns up with THIS* Potluck host: Wow f*ck it up Shane

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A unique take on pasts salad. Looks yummy. Keep the delicious grub coming!

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Brought this to a bbq today and it was the HIT of the day. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!

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Perfect Pairing with Pasta🍝🥗

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yum love the east fork coupe too

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This is what pasta salad was meant to be! Love this

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I made this. Absolutely delicious. Amazing.

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“You don’t really want to walk away from them”...proceeds to walk away. “Whoa, got really dark, really quickly!” Just how I do things, too! I love your recipes and your attitude.

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This is an awesome recipe. Can't wait to try it!

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thank you alison roman, this recipe is incredible, I just made it and the capers are an awesome addition

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Just made this and its delicious!

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Looks amazing.

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Love All-Clad too. Wish I could afford it!

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what a great twist on a regular, boring pasta salad! Can't wait to try it.

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Thank you for your posts ... I love making so many of your recipes!!!

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Excellent idea! I have all the ingredients going to make it tonight 😋😋😋

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Can’t wait to make for my next book club!

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You're so fun. Pasta is the best side for almost anything. Yours looks great!

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I loved your old kitchen.

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Like that it's a warm Pasta salad....no mayo and what not. Luv it!

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Like looking forward to seeing the little door opened. Similar in charm. Satisfying to say the least. I love you Allison. You make every Tuesday a holiday. I frikin LOVE Pasta Salad!💯❤️

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Pasta salads are versatile and you can add what you like kind of personalizing your own pizza. Great fun video and recipe. Thank you Allison.

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Was gonna hold off til the weekend but couldn't resist!! Just perfect! I found huge scallions too ahhhhh so yummy

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Now waiting for Bradley Cooper to be a guest cook at the Home Movies.