On Wed, 4 May 2011 11:34:18 -0700 (PDT), JeanineAlyse
> wrote:

>On May 4, 10:51*am, JeanineAlyse > wrote:
>> On May 3, 9:58*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> snip-snip-snip....> sometimes we just want enough pasta salad for that one meal. *So what's the
>> > trick for doing that if you are cooking for just two or three people?
>> Example for two people, one meal: *1-1/2 cups loose-packed veggies/
>> meat and 3/4 cup dry pasta will give you a good balance, and the
>> dressing/seasonings are added as appropriate.
>With an even simpler method, make your pasta salad on purpose, not as
>a way to clean out your refrigerator.
>...Picky

Good lord we've got a good answer. Soup is for cleaning out the
fridge. Not any kind of salad. The pasta salad I usually make lasts
for days but I use fresh stuff usually bought the day I make it.

Lou