Recipe: Appetizing Italian Pasta Salad

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Italian Pasta Salad. So many tasty Italian pasta salads to choose from. Antipasto and pesto salads, creamy or tangy salads, and many more.. Combine all ingredients except Wish-Bone® Italian Dressing in large bowl.

Italian Pasta Salad In a large bowl, toss together pasta, mozzarella, salami, spinach, tomatoes, artichokes, and olives. To make the dressing, add olive oil, vinegar, garlic, Italian seasoning, parsley, and red. Cook pasta according to package directions; rinse with cold water and drain. You can have Italian Pasta Salad using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad

  1. It's 1 box of multi-color pasta.
  2. You need 1 bottle of Kraft zesty Italian salad dressing.
  3. Prepare of Salt/ pepper.
  4. You need 1/4 tsp of red pepper flakes.
  5. You need 1 of small can sliced black olives.
  6. It's 1 package of pepperoni.
  7. You need 1 of small red onion, minced.
  8. It's 1 of English cucumber cubed.
  9. You need of Any cheese cubed.
  10. It's 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
  11. You need 1 cup of Cherry tomatoes, halves.
  12. It's 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning.
  13. You need 1 pkg of thick sliced Ham, cut into small cubes.

Place in a large bowl; add the tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, onions and salad dressing. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drain, and rinse with cold water. Pat the noodles dry with a clean dish or paper towels to get some of the water off.

Italian Pasta Salad instructions

  1. Boil pasta until tender. Rinse with cold water. Be sure to do this, or your cheese will melt..
  2. Drain off all water and add all ingredients to pasta. Pour over dressing and mix.
  3. After you have mixed all ingredients, sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top. Stir again and keep in fridge until ready. Stir again right before serving.

This simple and classic pasta salad is the perfect side to just about any meal, vegetarian side (leave out the salami) or even as a main dish. I love a good cold pasta salad as a side with anything I cook on the grill! Often I serve it with my favorite Black Bean Burger or with chicken kebabs!. Many people use bottled Italian dressing for their pasta salad but I prefer to. It's healthy, it's fast, super easy to make, delicious and bursting with flavor.