For Ina Garten, the best pasta salad leans less on the noodles and more on the salad. To make a well-rounded fusilli-based salad, Garten uses half a pound of pasta, per her Food Network recipe.

I imagine it would even taste delish with a short-cut shape like cavatappi or the summer pasta salad champion: farfalle. Related: 19 Classic Ina Garten Recipes That Prove She's the GOAT View the ...

And although store-bought pasta sauce is fine as is, Ina Garten shares how she likes to spice up a basic store-bought pasta sauce and turn it into a delicious Fra Diavolo shrimp dish.