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Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe (+$100 Visa Giveaway)

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This Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe is easy, quick, and delicious. Chock full of fresh veggies and chewy pasta, it’s a tasty and satisfying meal you can feel great about any day of the week. Caesar Pasta Salad 4

Around here, we adore a good Caesar salad. It’s one of the handful of salads The Littles willingly devour without any prompting.

So when we’re transforming Caesar salad into something hearty and lunch-worthy, we go for a flavorful Caesar Pasta Salad.

This Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe is bursting with fresh veggies, toothsome penne pasta, and fresh parmesan. We’re just getting started.

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This magnificent Caesar Pasta Salad is happily drizzled with Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Caesar Dressing.

Some of you already know I’m an obsessive label reader. I’m that shopper in the aisles.

When Marzetti asked me to try their refrigerated salad dressings, I naturally poured over the ingredients first. Yessss! Just a minimal number of simple ingredients. No preservatives, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, or artificial colors.

Easy Caesar Pasta Salad

Needless to say, I was thrilled with feeding the family (Littles included!) this yummy Caesar Pasta Salad. I mean, they all ate huge bowls of fresh produce for dinner. High fives all around.

Hubby was even happier that he got a break from his usual sandwich routine for lunch 🙂

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There’s such a big selection of these refrigerated salad dressings everywhere, it’s hard to choose just one. Pomegranate, Champagne, or Strawberry Poppyseed? Yum, yum, and yum.

Chow time. Enjoy!

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Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe

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This Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe is super simple, easy, and takes hardly any time at all. It’s full of fresh veggies and chewy pasta, making it a hearty and satisfying meal any day of the week.

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz penne pasta
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, washed/dried, and torn
  • 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half
  • 1/4 cup frozen or canned corn kernels, drained
  • 1/4 cup sliced olives
  • 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
  • 1 cup croutons
  • 1/2 cup Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Caesar Dressing, divided
  • 1/4 cup green onions, sliced, for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large heavy pot, cook pasta in well salted water just to al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water. Drain well and toss with 1/4 cup of the caesar dressing.
  2. In a serving bowl, combine lettuce, tomatoes, corn, olives, and parmesan. Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup dressing over the salad and toss gently to coat. Add the pasta and gently toss again. Sprinkle croutons and green onions on top.
  3. Serve immediately.

Source: Chew Out Loud.

This post was sponsored by Marzetti Simply Dressed, but all opinions are my own. or more simple recipe ideas, see simplydressed.com

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  10. Chi Shannon says

    They have such a great variety of dressings to choose from! I would love to use them to dress up garden salads and pasta salads. Give them a new twist! And I definitely want to try this recipe you posted. YUM!! 🙂

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  15. Allison Downes says

    This looks so fresh and delicious!

    I would use the Marzetti Simply Dressed dressing to make fresh salads, and also on wraps.

    Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

    lola_violets_2010{AT}yahoo{DOT}com

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  17. heather says

    I will use Marzetti Simply Dressed Balsamic salad dressing over a caesar salad to make fresh and simple meal for my family.

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  18. nicole dziedzic says

    I would use the ranch salad dressing to make a fresh and simple grilled chicken salad for my family and me.

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  28. Cynthia C says

    I would like to make a salad of shredded chicken, mixed greens, strawberries and cashews topped with Strawberry Poppyseed dressing.

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  30. courtney b says

    well I would love to make my HUSBAND a chicken salad ASIAN salad for me and probably chicken nuggets with dressing for the kids! believe it or not they love salad dressings on their nuggets. My crazy babies!!

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  32. Natalie says

    I would use the ginger sesame salad dressing to marinate chicken breasts and then pour the dressing over an asian chicken salad with marinated chicken, broccoli slaw and chopped red bell peppers.

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  41. Suzanne K says

    I’m with you on the Caesar salad (love it) with tons of fresh veggies. Perfect, especially as our weather has been warm lately.

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  48. Margaret Smith says

    I’d like to make a chicken caesar salad. I’d make a salad full of lettuce, tomato, carrots and add in sliced chicken and Marzetti Simply Dressed Caesar Dressing and top with croutons.

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  86. amy rouse says

    How will you use Marzetti Simply Dressed refrigerated salad dressings to make fresh and simple meals for you and your family? I’d use it for a marinade before grilling and I’d use it also for lots of fresh salads.

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  88. dani says

    I love to use their blue cheese or Greek feta dressing on a large salad with several lettuces, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers, green onions, hard boiled eggs, bacon, and tuna or chicken plus Simply Dressed croutons.

    Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!

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  90. Dwana Morris says

    I’d use the balsamic dressing on a grilled chicken salad with strawberries, blueberries, and toasted almond slices.

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  92. Richard Hicks says

    I would use Marzetti Simply Dressed refrigerated salad dressings on days when we want something really healthy and really fast.

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  97. Rosie says

    Of course I’d use them on salads, but also cooked veggies like broccoli and string beans, also as a topper for stuffed potatoes – stuffed with veggies – and topped with these yummy dressings!

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  109. Anastasia Falling says

    I’d love to do something with pasta & chicken & veggies 🙂 Make a pasta salad, maybe throw in some lettuce too. I would definitely need to look up some recipes though because I’m not very creative and I know people have great ideas out there that I can use 🙂

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  120. keshakeke says

    I would use the balsamic dressing to make balsamic glazed chicken and for a side make slaw using the slaw dressing! keshakeke1977(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  139. molli vandehey says

    i absoluitely would use these to dress up everything, pasta, meat , etc. puts al itle piunch in plain food!

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  140. Seyma Shabbir says

    I would use the dressing to make a nice salad for me and hubby and my sons love chicken and ranch dressing! Yummy!

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  143. Rob says

    i love Marzetti’s brand dressings. And i can pretty much get my kids to eat anything if it’s dipped in ranch dressing.

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  146. Sylvie W says

    A quick, nourishing and filling dish I’d make is warm chickpeas with Simply Dressed dressing on top of it. This works well with a variety of the Simply Dressed flavors.

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  149. Georgia says

    I actually want to try a few of the recipes I have seen on these post including the one above. Making me hungry!

    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

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  160. Karen Drake says

    I would use the Blue Cheese dressing to top our chef’s salad, once a week we do big salads for dinner and this dressing sounds great, I can’t wait to try it.

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  166. Kathleen says

    i would use the Ginger Sesame Salad Dressing to make a stir fry for my family.

    kport207 at gmail dot com

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  172. Shannon says

    I’m not so creative in the kitchen, so i’d have to look up some recipes, but I can’t wait to try!

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  177. slehan says

    I eat a lot of salads and like to mix up the ingredients. Chicken is my favorite protein for salads. This dressing looks yummy.
    Thanks for the contest.

    slehan at juno dot com

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  184. Eugenia Hall says

    I like to make Spring Sweet Pea Salad – defrost frozen green peas, add diced ham or bacon, a bit of diced red onion or vidalia onion, diced red bell pepper, and the dressing of your choice. Serve over lettuce or just eat as is!

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  199. Denise L says

    It’s an understatement to say that my family loves salad. We have it almost every night with dinner. Often, we just whip up a vinaigrette but creamy dressings are harder to just whip up. I’d use Marzetti Simply Dressed Caesar salad for those nights when we all want a creamy dressing. It looks so good!

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  219. Kathleen Kuykendall says

    I toss tuna, pasta, celery, carrots, and parsley, with the dressing to make a cold pasta ssalad. I love the variety of flavors so I can change things up. It also works for chicken salad or cold pae salad too

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  244. Annette says

    I’ll use Marzetti Simply Dressed with grilled chicken and packaged salad mix to prepare a quick and healthy meal.

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  245. livesimply1111 says

    I would use Marzetti Simply Dressed Salad Dressings in my Grilled Lemon Chicken Broccoli Salad. This would make a perfect tasty addition to one of our favorite meals.

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  248. Birdiebee says

    I would make my family an Italia Rotini Pasta salad with carrots, olives, cauliflower, slices pepperoni, sliced salami and sliced mozzarella sticks marinated in the Simply Dressed Balsamic Salad Dressing.

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  253. Rhonda says

    I would marinate my chicken in it. Then make a giant salad with the marianated chicken and use it as my dressing to combine it all. YUM!

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