Summer Pasta Salad. These summer pasta salad recipes from Food Network are perfect for pairing with your favorite grilling recipes or for accompanying a sandwich on your next picnic trip. Pasta salad is on the menu in a big way this summer. Not content with mere side dish status, the best pasta salads are busting out main-dish moves with bold tastes and textures.

But many of them can also star as main dishes for an easy summer. I find pasta salads, like this Summer Orzo Pasta Salad really easy to make and always a huge hit with guests. When it comes to summer entertaining I know I like to make things as easy as possible with. You can have Summer Pasta Salad using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Summer Pasta Salad

You need 1 of For the cooked pasta of you choice... cold, (leftover) or cold freshly cooked.
It's 8 of grilled chicken wings (cold, leftover).
You need 1 lb of of cooked pasta...of your choice.
You need 4 of ears of grill roasted corn on the cob.

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Summer Pasta Salad instructions

De-bone the chicken wings, cut the meat bite size.
Cut corn from the cob.
Add pasta that is cold ...(leftover or freshly made & chilled).
Place all ingredients in a medium sized bowl...add dressing of choice...toss lightly...serve....dig in & enjoy....

These summer pasta salad recipes are perfect for potlucks, barbecues and more. Pasta salad is always a crowd favorite. There are so many options and these recipes easily feed a crowd. But while pasta is seasonless, the pasta salad screams summer. From soba noodles dressed in citrus ginger to tender bow ties sprinkled with red pepper flakes and tomatoes, a cool, big bowl of pasta.