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Spring Pasta Salads

Published: Feb 22, 2026 by Alejandra

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These Spring Pasta Salads are all delicious, easy to make salads featuring spring produce and pasta. These healthy and filling salads are perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prepping for lunches.

If you are looking for some more easy salads to meal prep, try one of these Cold Quinoa Salads.

Tips For Making Pasta Salad

  • Cook pasta slightly past “al dente”. Boil your pasta until it is a bit past “al dente”. This ensures that when it cools down it is not overly crunchy.
  • Store pasta in glass tupperware. Chill pasta salad in the fridge for a couple hours to let the flavors blend together. Storing pasta salad in airtight glass containers are a great option because glass tupperware cleans easily and keeps salad fresh.
  • Serve pasta salad in a large salad bowl. If you are serving one of these pasta salads for a get together, serve it in a large salad bowl, such as this glass salad bowl or this wooden salad bowl.

Spring Pasta Salads

Photo Credit: foodwineandlove.com

Zucchini Pasta Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing

This Zucchini Pasta Salad in Lemon Dijon Dressing takes only about 10 minutes to put together. It’s made with sliced fresh zucchini and is tossed in a lemony dijon dressing. It is perfect as a side or as a main dish.

Photo Credit: www.rachelphipps.com

Shaved Asparagus Pasta Salad

This quick and easy Shaved Asparagus Pasta Salad is great by itself for lunch or served alongside barbecued or grilled chicken.

Photo Credit: www.chefspencil.com

Lemon Basil Chickpea Pasta Salad

This Lemon Basil Chickpea Pasta Salad is quick, easy to make and full of flavor, perfect for a light lunch or a refreshing side. Made with chickpeas, basil, a bit of zesty lemon and a touch of grated parmesan.

Photo Credit: theforkedspoon.com

Green Goddess Pasta Salad

This Green Goddess Pasta Salad is my favorite creamy, tangy, herb-packed pasta salad. Perfect for summer potlucks or spring lunches, it's easy to make and includes shredded chicken, tender pasta, baby spinach, arugula, and avocado.

Photo Credit: lesswithlaur.com

Spring Veggie Pasta Salad

This Spring Veggie Pasta Salad is satisfying yet light and flavorful. It's loaded with fresh veggies and perfect for when the weather gets warmer. Packed with crisp asparagus, sweet red pepper, green peas and tangy artichoke hearts, this salad incorporates bright, seasonal ingredients. The best part is that it's ready in about 30 minutes and comes together in one bowl!

Photo Credit: entirelyemmy.com

Lentil Pasta Salad With Basil Sauce

This Lentil Pasta Salad with basil lemon sauce is truly unique. The herbs and veggies give it a fresh and light taste. So if you're a fan of cold pasta salads, you'll definitely want to give this one a try! It's super quick, easy, and requires minimal cleanup.

Photo Credit: strengthandsunshine.com

Spring Orzo Pasta Salad

This light and healthy Spring Orzo Pasta Salad is simple and easy to make with just a few ingredients, including sweet peas, fresh lemon, parsley, and green onion. It’s a delicious and quick side dish recipe to pair with a spring weeknight dinner or meal prepped for a packable cold lunch.

Photo Credit: heavenlyspiced.com

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

Creamy, zesty, and packed with flavor, this Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad will be your new go-to side dish for spring get togethers and potlucks!

Photo Credit: sweetandsavorymeals.com

Strawberry Orzo Spring Salad

This Strawberry Orzo Spring Salad features fresh spring vegetables, sweet strawberries, blueberries, crispy bacon, tender orzo, and a creamy strawberry dressing.

Photo Credit: blessthismeal.com

Spring Pesto Orzo Salad

This Spring Pesto Orzo salad is quick, healthy, fresh, and easy to make. The salad is bursting with flavor from the fresh veggies and basil pesto vinaigrette.

Photo Credit: budgetdelicious.com

Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad

This sweet, tangy, colorful, and fresh Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad with poppy seeds is ready in under 20 minutes and is a great side dish for spring lunches or potlucks.

Photo Credit: belleofthekitchen.com

Italian Pasta Salad

This Italian Pasta Salad is the perfect side dish. It’s fully loaded with tender pasta, fresh veggies, chopped salami, olives, and cheese, then tossed in a tangy homemade dressing.

Photo Credit: recipesfromapantry.com

Caprese Pasta Salad

This Parma Ham and Caprese Pasta Salad is the perfect salad for spring. Easy to make and refreshing, this colourful and flavorful pasta salad is ideal for serving up at picnics, parties, and dining al fresco.

Photo Credit: littlenomadsrecipes.com

Spring Asparagus Pasta Salad

This Spring Asparagus Pasta salad is a bowl full of sunshine! It’s easy, zesty and full of fresh flavors. It is made with asparagus, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella balls, lemon zest and an olive oil drizzle.

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