Total time: 25 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy

This salad is a classic, but we tweaked it to become a more everyday option using many of the same ingredients. Prepare it for weekly packed lunches or for a make-ahead side dish for dinner. We did use a mix of fat-free mayonnaise and sour cream to give it its classic texture and flavor but without the classic fat content. Pasta salad gets better as it rests, so while this is still tasty served warm, it will be even better if you let it chill for even 30 minutes. And it will taste even better the next day. There is a limit though—it will keep well for up to five days in the fridge.