**Giveaway is closed. The winner is Lisa! **
Summer is such a fun time of year for food. As soon as the heat starts people are lighting up the grills, enjoying the abundance of summer fruits, and bringing their favorite summer pasta salad to the latest barbecue. Basically, we are all looking for any new creative way to eat without turning on the oven.
Hodgson Mills right now is hosting a Summer Pastabilities contest on Pinterest where they asked 50 bloggers to create a unique summer pasta recipe. Hodgson Mills is 100% all natural, made from 100% durum wheat, and 100% made in America. I was so excited when they contacted me because they truly are one of my favorite food brands to cook and bake with.
The pasta salad recipe I created for Hodgson Mills Summer Pastabilities contest is a Creamy Balsamic Pasta Salad with Vegetables and Feta. This recipe is perfect to bring to a summer barbecue or just enjoy with your favorite grilled item. It also makes a great main salad you can eat alone for lunch or dinner. However you decide to enjoy this pasta salad believe me you will not be disappointed.
The summer pasta recipe with the most Pinterest “likes” wins the Hodgson Mills Summer Pastabilities contest. I would love if you could head on over to Pinterest and like the Creamy Balsamic Pasta Salad recipe I submitted. The full recipe is posted on the Hodgson Mills website which you can get to through the Pinterest link. Thanks friends!
In addition, Hodgson Mills is also giving away $25 worth of assorted Hodgson Mills pastas to one lucky Skinny Mom’s Kitchen reader. How exciting!
Giveaway Rules
Mandatory Entry:
Tell me in the comment section what your favorite summer pasta recipe is.
Extra Entries:
You may earn extra entries by doing the following. Please leave one comment per entry.
Like Hodgson Mills on Facebook (1 extra entry)
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Share this giveaway on facebook and tag the Skinny Mom’s Kitchen and Hodgson Mills Facebook page (2 extra entries)
This giveaway is for one $25 pasta assortment from Hodgson Mills and is open to US residents only 18 years + and will close on July 8th, 2012 at 8:00pm Eastern time. One winner will be selected via the website random.org. Winner must provide a valid email and respond back within 48 hours of being contacted. If no contact is made within that time frame another winner will be chosen. Winner will be announced on this blog and Facebook.
**Please note Hodgson Mills provided me with the pasta ingredients to create this recipe. They also provided the assortment of pasta for the giveaway. All opinions are my own.
I’d love to win and make some of the great recipes you post.
Love to make a a light penne pasta using all fresh ingredients mozzarella and tomatoes and basil from the garden:) always a huge hit!
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I love to make pasta salads with any type of extra veggies we had on hand. I liked both pages!
I love to make orzo pasta with grilled vegetables and balsamic viniegrette. YUM!
YUM – THAT one looks delicious! Whatever’s freshest always tastes best!
Thank you so much for offering such a generous giveaway. My favorite summer pasta is penne with spinach, tomatoes and hunks of mozzarella, seasoned with olive oil and vinegar. So simple and tasty.
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my favorite is cavatelli with broccoli
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I usually just do “dump” salads with whatever I have on hand….kind of use up the leftovers! A good one would be something like a spiral pasta, italian dressing with maybe some yogurt added for creaminess, olives, green peppers, black beans, chicken, pepperoni, cherry tomatoes & sunflower seeds?!?
Penne with sauteed garlic, barely cooked fresh tomatoes, and basil.
Pasta Primavera.
I make a pasta salad with macaroni, coleslaw mix, cucumber & green pepper. A light sweet dressing tops it off – great!
Something with fresh thing out of the garden (peas, tomatoes, cucumbers) with chicken and fresh cheese and chick peas
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any pasta with olive oil!
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Pasta + Olive Oil = LOVE
Easy Pasta salad with pasta, italian dressing and veggies. Yum!
Your salad looks good!! I like a Caprese (sp?)pasta salad with basil & tomatoes from our garden
my mom’s macaroni salad thanks
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