This warm pasta salad is perfect for summer! Roasted asparagus, my creamy balsamic dressing, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and herbs will make this pasta salad a repeat dish all summer!

June 9, 2020 Updated May 5, 2021 Jump to Recipe
This warm pasta salad is perfect for summer! Roasted asparagus, my creamy balsamic dressing, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and herbs will make this pasta salad a repeat dish all summer!
Summer is just around the corner, and I don’t think we’ve ever been more excited.
We’re ready for the adventures of summer, even if they will be a little different this year as we all begin to step out into the world and get social again.
One thing I know for sure: this heavenly Warm Asparagus Pasta Salad will be served weekly at our house. It’s my new go-to dish for entertaining this summer! And the fact that it comes together in 30 minutes or less just makes it even more perfect.
Technically, asparagus is a spring vegetable, but I can’t help but associate it with both spring and summer, especially these days when you can find asparagus at the grocery store year-round.
The asparagus here is roasted, then tossed into spaghetti with mozzarella cubes (omit to keep this dish vegan), herbs, tomatoes, garbanzo and red kidney beans, olives—my daughter’s idea and truly genius contribution to this dish, and my favorite Creamy Balsamic Dressing.
It doesn’t get much more deliciously-summery in my book!
I finish this dish with my favorite finishing salt, fleur de sel.
Have you tried fleur de sel?
It’s a French finishing salt of flaky salt crystals that is perfect for just about every meal. I finish so many of my dishes with fleur de sel, but it’s especially amazing on this Warm Asparagus Pasta Salad. That final sprinkling of fleur de sel just enhances all the beautiful summer flavors here.
Give fleur de sel a try! You can find my very favorite brand on Amazon here [aff. link].
Make my Warm Asparagus Pasta Salad, and I’m sure it will become a repeat summer favorite!
What are your favorite summer meals?
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This sounds delicious. I love the olives in the mix! And your plating is gorgeous.
Thank you so much Jeff! The olives were my daughter’s contribution. She’s a natural little chef already!
This is fabulous! More like a warm pasta salad in my book, which I love. Pasta served warm puts off the most aromas and flavors I think. Love your dressing!
Oh I completely agree Mimi! The flavors of a warm pasta salad like this one are definitely richer and more intense in my book. Thanks for your comment Mimi, hope you have a lovely day!
Ohh, this looks and sounds like another keeper, Shannon! Does your daughter love olives as much as mine does? Mine will just stand there and eat them right out of the jar but is the happiest when we incorporate them into her favourite meals, so I dare say she would love this! I love that this comes together so quickly too – bonus! Happy Thursday, lovely!
Oh, my daughter absolutely LOVES olives, that is so cute that yours does too! Sounds like they would be best buds. 😄. You’ve seriously just described a scene in our house haha. Any meal that has olives is an automatic hit in our house, I’m sure your daughter would love this dish! Thanks so much for the lovely comment Katerina! ♥️
This pasta salad look so delicious ! I have to try it out, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Lovely! It’s definitely a new summer favorite in our house! 😃
What an awesome combination of flavors here, Shannon! I don’t know how I missed this recipe last week, but I’m glad I’m seeing it now. We’re all about pasta salads in the summer, and this one is certainly unique. I love the asparagus in there. We often just toss asparagus in olive oil and grill it – delicious, for sure – but I’m looking for new ways to mix it up. This pasta salad is it! And the olives in there for salty bites of goodness? I echo your thoughts that they are genius!
Thanks David! Ohhh grilled asparagus is the BEST! Something I’m always excited to add to any meal, or eat alone!
Aren’t the olives a great addition? My daughter’s already putting me to shame, I never would have thought of adding them here haha, but they truly are the finishing touch.