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Tropical Pasta Salad for Summer BBQs

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I am so excited that it seems as though Summer is approaching. We’ve been having a very “summer-like” spring this year so we’ve been grilling a lot of dinners. One night I decided that I needed a good summer staple salad for this year and put together this delicious Tropical inspired pasta salad.

Tropical Pasta Salad

Tropical Pasta Salad

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Tropical Pasta Salad for Summer BBQs
 
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Bring the tropics to your home with this delicious tropical summer pasta salad.
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Ingredients
  • 1 lb dry bowtie pasta
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 8 oz Poppyseed dressing
  • ½ cup shredded carrots
  • 1 can pineapple tidbits (drained)
  • ⅓ cup chopped green onions
  • ⅓ cup raisins
  • ½ cup sliced grapes
  • 1 can mandarin oranges (drained)
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta according to the directions on the box
  2. Drain the pasta and stir in the butter
  3. Coat the pasta with the poppyseed dressing
  4. Mix the remaining ingredients into the pasta.
  5. Enjoy!

Tropical Pasta SaladThis pasta salad was ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS! I’m not even joking. Before this batch was even finished it had already been requested to be made again for the following weekend.

Tropical Pasta SaladI really like how the fruit adds both a little bit of sweetness and some different textures into the pasta salad.

Tropical Pasta SaladPlus it is kinda pretty looking before everything gets mixed into the pasta.

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  8. What a beautiful pasta salad. I make several variations on pasta salad but have never thought of this. Tropical looks awesome. Great job

  13. This makes me want to have salad now. Looks amazing. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty. We would love to have you again next week.

  14. Thanks for sharing this post at the Pin Me Linky Party at Diana Rambles. It will be featured tomorrow as part of a salad recipe collection. It’s also been yummed, pinned and tweeted. Have a great weekend! ~Diana

  17. What a fun and fresh take on pasta salad! It’s the perfect side dish for summer BBQ’s. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!

  18. I would have never thought to pair those ingredients with pasta but it sure does look refreshing! Thanks for linking up to The Creative K Kids’ linky party I can’t wait to see what you share with us next week!

  19. It was absolutely delish!! Thanks for a great idea that I’ll definitely use again – hopefully next time with the actual kale and bacon. 🙂 One question – is the nutrition info at the end meant for one serving or all four? The carb count seems high for a single serving, given that a whole large sweet potato has around 40 carbs. But if I’ve miscounted somewhere, please let me know. Thanks again!

    • Are you sure you’re looking at the stats for this recipe? It doesn’t have nutrition information listed, nor does it have the ingredients you mentioned in your comment.