17 Healthy and Hearty Pasta Salads Everyone Will Love

Looking for dishes that are nutritious, satisfying, and easy to throw together? These recipes combine wholesome ingredients, vibrant flavors, and plenty of texture to create salads that work for lunches, picnics, potlucks, or simple weeknight meals.

You’ll find a pasta salad here that fits your taste and keeps you coming back for more. Bon appétit!

Macaroni Salad with Tuna

Macaroni tuna salad in a bowl with egg. — Photo Credit: Binky’s Culinary Carnival.

This Macaroni Tuna Salad is a great recipe for potlucks. It only takes a few minutes to make, and is loaded with fresh herbs like chives, parsley, and dill. Garnish it with hard-boiled eggs, herbs, and edible flowers, like nasturtiums.

Get the Recipe: Macaroni Salad with Tuna.

BLT Pasta Salad

This BLT Pasta Salad is an easy, delicious side dish for summer picnics and cookouts on the patio or for a dish to pass at your next gathering. It can be finished in the time it takes to boil the pasta, and everyone will love it.

Get the Recipe: BLT Pasta Salad.

Greek Orzo Pasta Salad

This Greek Orzo Pasta Salad brings together fresh veggies, briny olives, creamy feta, and a zesty homemade dressing into one easy and refreshing dish. It is perfect for picnics, light lunches, or as a delicious side at a barbecue.

Get The Recipe: Greek Orzo Pasta Salad.

Tuna Pasta Salad

Quick, creamy tuna and pasta salad is a high-protein meal packed with veggies. Perfect for meal prep, lunch, or dinner. Ready in just 30 minutes!

Get The Recipe: Tuna And Pasta Salad.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is a tasty pasta salad that combines shredded chicken, crispy bacon crumbles, cheese, and creamy ranch dressing!

Get The Recipe: Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Moms Pasta Salad

Easy Italian Pasta Salad is a simple, flavorful dish for any occasion. Tender pasta coated in Italian dressing with any veggies desired!

Get The Recipe: Easy Italian Pasta Salad.

Picnic Style Macaroni Salad

Creamy Picnic Style Macaroni Salad Recipe designed to serve a crowd. Easy to customize by changing up the add-ins. Make some for your next backyard BBQ.

Get The Recipe: Old-Fashioned Macaroni Salad.

Olive Garden Copycat Supreme Pasta Salad

Pasta salad in a bowl. — Photo credit: The Crafty Blog Stalker.

Olive Garden Supreme Pasta Salad is gluten-free and flavorful. It’s perfect for summer gatherings. Skip the pepperoni to make it vegetarian-friendly. This is a great recipe for Olive Garden Italian Dressing and McCormick Salad Supreme Seasoning, with simple instructions and the option to make it vegetarian-friendly.

Get the Recipe: Olive Garden Copycat Supreme Pasta Salad.

Marry Me Tortellini Pasta Salad

Marry Me Pasta Salad takes all the rich, creamy flavors you love from the famous Marry Me Chicken and turns them into a cold, hearty salad. It’s parmesan cheesy, tangy, and packed with that same crave-worthy flavors.

Get The Recipe: Marry Me Cold Tortellini Pasta Salad.

Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad

This smoked salmon pasta salad has it all when it comes to flavor and texture with the addition of mandarin oranges, celery and capers.

Get The Recipe: Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

This delicious chicken Caesar pasta salad is packed with juicy chicken, crisp romaine, chewy pasta, and creamy homemade Caesar dressing.

Get The Recipe: Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad.

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad is a creamy, smoky, and slightly spicy pasta salad that turns a street food favorite into a crowd-friendly side dish. This dish works for summer BBQs, potlucks, or an easy weeknight dinner.

Get The Recipe: Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad.