Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad

This Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad is a refreshing, light pasta salad, perfect for all your summer cookouts. Tender pasta is tossed together with ripe, juicy strawberries, fresh mozzarella cheese, lots of fresh herbs and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. This pasta salad only takes a few minutes to mix together.

Pasta Salads are one of my favorite things during the summer. They’re great for summer cookouts, and honestly they make a great meal. I may have eaten this Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad as dinner last night :).

This Strawberry Caprese Salad has quickly become one of my favorites. The ripe, juicy strawberries combined with the fresh herbs and balsamic vinaigrette is light, refreshing and perfect on a hot summer day. It may sound like an odd combination – strawberries and pasta salad, but trust me on this one, it’s really, really delicious!

Here is what you will love about this Strawberry Caprese Salad

• Quick and easy to make. This pasta salad comes together in roughly 20 minutes. The pasta takes approximately 10 minutes to cook, then it takes about 10 minutes to toss the ingredients together. Really, it’s that simple!
• Light and refreshing – this Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad is one of my favorites to make during the hot summer. The ripe juicy strawberries combined with the fresh basil and fresh mint make this pasta salad taste and feel refreshing and light.
• Great for cookouts – who doesn’t love a good pasta salad at a summer cookout? This strawberry caprese pasta salad is no exception. It’s a crowd pleaser!

Here’s how to make this Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad

Make the pasta

You can use any short cut pasta you prefer for this pasta salad. I used Fusilli. Boil the pasta in a large pot of salted water according to package directions. Drain the pasta once it’s cooked.

Make the dressing

The dressing comes together in just a couple minutes. In a medium size bowl, add all ingredients for the dressing, then stir to combine. Right before drizzling the dressing over the pasta salad, I like to give it one more stir.

Make the pasta salad

Now it’s time to combine all the ingredients together to make the pasta salad!

In a large bowl, add the pasta, strawberries, mozzarella cheese, red onion and fresh herbs. Drizzle the dressing over the pasta salad, then toss to combine.

Storage

Cover and store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 days.

Here are a few of my favorite summer sides

• Fresh Fruit Salad
• Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

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