15 Easy Pasta Salad Recipes You’ll Make on Repeat

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 Chique Home

Looking for easy pasta salad recipes that don’t feel boring or overcomplicated? Something you can throw together without standing in the kitchen for ages.

Pasta salad is one of those meals that should be simple, but somehow it often ends up a bit flat. Too much mayo.

Not enough flavour. Or it just tastes the same as the one you made last month. Most people stick to one safe version because it works well enough, even if no one is that excited about it.

These 24 recipes are a bit more varied, but still easy. Some are creamy and filling, the sort you bring to a BBQ and actually look forward to eating.

Others are lighter, with fresh veg and simple dressings that don’t feel heavy.

A few are hearty enough to be dinner on their own, which usually helps on busy weeknights when no one wants to cook twice.

Nothing here is fussy or hard to find in the shops. It depends what you’ve got in and what you feel like that day.

Sometimes it helps just to have a few new ideas so you’re not making the same bowl of pasta again and again.

And honestly, most of these taste even better the next day, which feels like a small win.