How to prepare the best cold pasta and rice salads at home to eat at home or take to the beach

Today I leave you a collection of recipes for cold pasta and rice salads, quick and easy, perfect for summer and to take to the beach. The cold pasta and rice salad I'm a real joker in the kitchen when temperatures become fire. I am dishes mostly unique that can be prepare in advance and that can be kept for several days in the refrigerator, to always have them at hand. The cold salads based on cereals they are perfect from bring to work in the classic schiscetta, but also On the beach by the sea. And they are an excellent one solution For a lunch or dinner at home, even with friends, accompanied by a Unusual ham and melon, from one TASTY TOMATO AND MOZZARELLA SALAD or from one Fresh caper with pesto. Finish dinner with an ice cream and you're done.

Cold pasta salads: Fresh and faster ideas for the summer

The cold pasta salads I am among the Most loved summer dishes, because they are versatile, colorful and perfect to prepare in advance. Ideal for a light lunch on the beach, A picnic or an informal dinner, They can always be customized and enriched with seasonal vegetables, legumes, pesce, cheeses. And they are perfect for exploiting Mediterranean ingredients come olive, dried tomatoes, aromatic herbs and capers.

The Cold pasta recipes I'm also an excellent anti-pierco solution. And allow us to use leftovers, vegetables or other things left in the refrigerator and in the pantry. My advice is to Always use short pasta (except on rare occasions and for a few portions), Better if it is a row, because it keeps cooking perfectly. In any case, Always remember to always drain a lot, very al dente The pasta you need to create cold first courses or summer pasta salads.

I Pest, both of basil, of tomatoes or other vegetables, they are always a excellent ingredient To make these super creamy pasta salads. Try these simple ideas, delicious and balanced to bring fresh and always different dishes to the table.

• COLD PASTA WITH PESTO, GREEN BEANS, Celery and dried tomatoes: A vegetarian recipe rich in vegetables and very tasty thanks to the homemade pesto and the use of dried tomatoes in oil.
• PASTA WITH PESTO TRAPANESE: Few people know that with the pesto at the Trapani area you can also season a good and light cold pasta salad. The taste is similar to crude but much more aromatic (save the RECIPE VIDEO)
• Sardinian dumplings salad with sottacets, Tonno e olivIs, fresh and light.
• Cold pesto pasta with goat cheese and dried tomatoes: A super fast and delicious recipe thanks to the combination with goat cheese, acidulum and tasty.
• COLD PASTA, TUNA AND DRIED TOMATOES for those who want to focus on speed of execution.
• VEGETARIAN COLD PASTA SALAD with confit tomatoes, Basil and mozzarella. A recipe that everyone always likes (save the RECIPE VIDEO)
• PASTA SALAD WITH SALMON, CHERRY TOMATOES AND LEMON: The queen of cold pasta salads with fish. You can use smoked salmon but I recommend using the fresh one, which remains soft and juicy and goes perfectly with the scent of lemon.
• Summer pasta with skipped vegetables: The perfect cold pasta to recycle all the leftovers of vegetables you have in the refrigerator
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• Crudaiola pasta with anchovies, Bottarga and Pinoli: with raw tomato, enriched by the savory taste of anchovies and bottarga.
• Pasta salad with Genoese pesto and tuna: A great classic of pasta summer salads. Choose a high quality glass tuna and a homemade pesto.
• PASTA WITH ROASTED PEPPERS, OLIVE AND BURRATA: A cold first course to prepare even with advanced roasted peppers, made more delicious and fresh by the burrata (follows the RECIPE VIDEO)
• Pasta with mackerel and onions With olive and muted attached, or fried bread crumbs. A first good fish both hot and cold: In the latter case, use not spaghetti but rigatoni or fusilli for a perfect result.

Summer rice salads: light, tasty and easy to customize

L’rice salad it's another big classico from the summer cuisine. FResca, light and perfect to be transported, He is the queen of trips out of town and fast lunches under the umbrella, on the beach. The traditional recipe it probably does not exist, because it is what each family has always prepared.

There are no precise rules on the subject of which rice to use to make rice salad. You can do it with Carnaroli, with Parboiled rice, with the wholemeal one, but also with an aromatic basmati, Venus black rice or Artemis or Hermes red rice. Is’ and cold pasta dish which lends itself to infinite variants- From the traditional one with pickles and tuna to the most modern versions with exotic ingredients, vegetarians, with the addition of fish or meat.

The rice salads are easy to prepare in advance and they keep themselves well in the refrigerator in hermetically closed containers. And they are also ideal for the weekly meal prepared when it is too hot. I leave you my favorite summer recipes to vary every day with taste and lightness.

• RICE SALAD in the classic recipe, with the pickles and the tuna. And all the variants I found around Italy.
• Black rice salad with squid and courgettes: tasty and light, with stewed squid (But you can also use squid), courgettes and beans. Is’ A single and rich dish perfect for a dinner with friends.
• RICE SALAD AND RED SWORD FISH: This rice salad is fresh and tasty, with swordfish, fresh tomatoes, celery, capers and olives. Maybe my favorite.
• Black rice salad with chickpeas, MUSSELS AND SHRIMP: This is also a perfect rice salad as a single dish because it contains legumes, cereals, vegetables and proteins. Is’ Almost a seafood salad with more rice.
• RED RICE SALAD WITH SPINACH PESTO, TOMATOES AND ALMONDS, vegan and light.

Cold first courses with spelled, fregula sarda e cous cous

As an alternative to cold summer or rice summer salads, We must not forget that it is possible to use Other types of cereals to make delicious cold salads. Come spelled, barley, buckwheat. But also mile or quinoa.

Furthermore, also the Couscous and the Sardinian Freguula They are very suitable for becoming a basic ingredient for tasty cold dishes. Enriched with seasonal vegetables and much more. I leave you some inspiration to use as I thought about it or to customize to your liking.

• SUMMER SALAD WHEAT: an alternative tasty cereal to the usual rice, seasoned with gardener, tuna, Fresh olives and vegetables.
• Summer salad of couscous and mackerel with aubergines, Tomatoes and avocado: a blue fish, tasty, colorful and flavorful.
• Spelled salad with zucchini, PEPPERS AND TUNA: with the vegetables skipped in a pan and a high quality glass tuna. Is’ A tasty and light dish to try with other types of cereals, like barley or wheat.
• Fregula saffron salad with confit cherry tomatoes and almonds: A vegetarian recipe that is a hymn to summer, with the Freguula al dente and three types of tomatoes that give each bite an always different taste.
• Couscous salad with chicken and grilled aubergines: A super complete summer dish, With vegetables and chicken, made more delicious by homemade pesto.
• SPELLED SALAD WITH GRILLED ZUCCHINI: with courgettes, carrots, Mais and the Uvetta. A vegetarian recipe with a different taste than usual.
• Fregula SALAD WITH TUNA, CELERY AND BOTTARGA: Another salad based on Freguula Sarda, This time based on fish, with tuna in oil and bottarga, which moves with fresh and crunchy celery.
• OAT AND SWORDFISH SALAD ON TOMATO GAZPACHO: A creative recipe for an elegant dinner despite high temperatures.