Our best pasta dishes and salads with farfalle.

We all have a favorite, even if theyre all similar ingredients folded intodifferent shapes.

However, when a recipe calls for pasta, hold your horses before substituting one pasta for another.

Southern Living BLT Pasta Salad in a bowl to serve with extra bacon on the side

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The pasta shape requested is the best-suited shape for the dish.

Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad

Summer calls for pasta salad, and we’ve answered.

This recipe is just what it’s crucial that you accompany your barbecue mains or star at the cookout.

Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad

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This pasta salad heats up well and is a treat the next day.

It’s a fresh, colorful spin that’s bursting with flavor and that your cookout crew will crave.

BLT Pasta Salad

BLT lovers are in for a real treat.

Broccoli, Grape, and Pasta Salad in a white bowl with golden spoon

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We brought all of your favorite ingredients together and tossed intoone delightful recipe.

Pasta is the perfect sidekick to these fresh and flavorful gems.

Southern Living Skillet Pasta Primavera in the pan ready to serve

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Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad

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