The key to a great, well-balanced pasta salad therefore isn't what you mix in, but in how much pasta you use. For Ina Garten, the best pasta salad leans less on the noodles and more on the salad.

If you're a home chef, it can seem like there's pressure to make everything from scratch. But this store-bought pasta sauce ...

I make the same Greek salad for lunch every day ... frozen Trader Joe's can get really old. Ina Garten has been my go-to when it comes to picking new pasta dishes, so this month I decided to ...