Pasta salad is one of those dishes that always catches our attention anytime we come across it. We think it has to do with how many different ways it can be made, so theres always something unexpected about it, intriguing us from the get-go and ensuring we scoop a generous helping onto our plate. If you had pasta salad a lot growing up and mainly associate it with a heavy coating of mayonnaise, let us assure you things have changed; pasta salads arent what they used to be, so dont get hung up thinking youre only getting a one-note scoop of blandnessthat couldnt be further from the truth, especially with this tasty dish.