Is it backyard barbecue season yet??? I am one hundred and thirty seven percent DONE with winter and ready for summer and every single thing that comes with it. Bring on the flip flops, tan lines, family road trips, lake hair, daily sour lime popsicles and back-deck dinners. Summer, you are welcome here. This pasta salad is a twist on one that my family has served at summer get togethers for years. I swapped out the usual penne or rotini noodles for spaghetti, and traded cubed ham for sliced salami. Oh and the cheese! We usually throw cubed cheddar in with our pasta salads but this time I went with parmesan because I’m sort of having a moment with parmesan. The kind of moment that is more like a year and requires adding parmesan to e-ver-y-thing. You can whip this salad up in 15 minutes right before a party BUT if you can think that far ahead I highly recommend making it 2-3 hours beforehand. If you get all of that pasta goodness covered in a bowl and can let it hang out in the fridge for a while before your’e going to serve it, the flavors really get kicked up a notch! p.s. I’m not even a little bit sad when we have leftovers…
