Recipe: Tasty Pasta Salad

Pasta Salad. A stupidly easy Italian pasta salad with rotini, juicy tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, red onion, salami, olives, herbs, and a drench of quick homemade Italian dressing. If you want to know what I've eaten. Find an easy pasta salad recipe for your picnic or potluck.

Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water and tossing in a few key ingredients. Just stick to this simple formula, cool the pasta correctly, and lean on this flavorful dressing every time you need to. Pasta salad is easy to make. You can have Pasta Salad using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pasta Salad

1. You need 1 (16 oz.) of Box Rotini pasta.
2. Prepare 1 head of broccoli florets.
3. It's 1 pack of grape tomatoes halved.
4. It's 1 of cucumber, seeds removed, diced fine.
5. You need 1 of bell pepper diced.
6. Prepare of Green onions sliced.
7. It's 1 can of large black pitted olives, sliced.
8. It's 1 of bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis).
9. It's 1 block of colby cheese cubed.
10. You need 1 block of pepper jack cheese cubed.
11. It's 1 of ham steak cubed.
12. It's 1 bag of mini pepperonis.
13. It's 1 packet of Good Seasons Italian seasoning mix.
14. Prepare Pinch of white sugar.
15. It's 1 (24 oz.) of bottle olive garden creamy Italian dressing.

The ingredients are simple and flexible, so you can make this when you are inundated by summer produce or you can adapt to what's in season in the fall and winter. I love pasta salad, but taking my Greek Salad recipe and adding it to pasta is my favorite when I want a light pasta salad with no mayo. It's easy to make and even tastes great the next day or two. This Pasta Salad Recipe is full of fresh summer veggies, features roasted baby tomatoes, and is tossed with a homemade dressing that is out of this world!

Pasta Salad step by step

1. Boil pasta according to directions and drain then run cold water over pasta to cool, drain again and set aside.
2. Put together entire ingredients into large mixing bowl (except the pasta and bottle dressing) turning to mix.
3. Add pasta and bottle dressing and turn in bowl with spatula until evenly coated, I also add some juice from the pepper jar.
4. Cover and place in fridge...at least 2-3 hours to marry the flavors Overnight is better.
5. After taking out of fridge, give it a toss and serve !! 😋.
6. I like to add a little grated parmesan or feta cheese on top maybe some sunflower seeds or bacon bits but that is completely optional ENJOY !!.
7. Double this recipe for several people 😋😋😋😋😋😋.

Pasta salad with pesto & prawns. You'll want to whip these up every chance you get. A summer picnic, potluck, or barbecue — these easy pasta salads will be your go-tos. Pasta salad can be simple to make, but the preparation takes a little time. If you are making this for an event, be sure to plan ahead.