Recipe: Perfect Easy Italian Pasta Salad

Easy Italian 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. We are kind of having a moment here. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water and tossing in a few key ingredients.

It travels well and goes with pretty. Bow-tie pasta and prepared Italian dressing are tossed with tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumber, olives, and celery in this pasta salad recipe. "This salad is easy to make and everyone loves it!" This Italian Pasta Salad is the perfect dish to bring to your summer potluck. In our opinion, pasta salad is a summer potluck must. You can have Easy Italian Pasta Salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Italian Pasta Salad

1. Prepare 6 oz of package of pepperoni.
2. Prepare 1 lb of tri color spiral pasta is best or pasta shells.
3. You need 15 oz of can of sliced black olives.
4. You need 8 oz of package of fresh mozzarella.
5. Prepare 6 oz of crumbled feta cheese.
6. Prepare 3 of med-large tomatoes diced or 1 package of grape tomatoes halved.
7. It's 1/2 cup of small diced red onion.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped fresh basil.
9. Prepare 1 cup of Italian dressing or to taste.
10. You need 1 1/2 tsp of of Italian seasoning or to taste.

Whether you're making Strawberry Balsamic Pasta Salad or Pimiento Pasta Salad, there are a few tips and tricks to make yours the best on the communal table. Easy Italian Pasta Salad is an easy side dish for any potluck. This simple pasta salad recipe has fresh vegetables, olives, pepperoni and salami and a Italian dressing that makes it the perfect summer salad. I've been making this recipe for years and everyone always loves it!

Easy Italian Pasta Salad step by step

1. Cook pasta for about 7 min, drain and rinse with cold water and chill in fridge..
2. While pasta is cooking dice your tomatoes, onion and basil.
3. Meanwhile Dice fresh mozzarella into small cubes. And cut pepperoni slices into quarters.
4. Combine pasta and ingredients into a large bowl..
5. Add seasoning and dressing till that the pasta is coated nicely. Add more if desired..
6. ENJOY!.

PIN IT Now to save for. Easy Italian Pasta Salad takes just minutes to make and can be eaten right away or refrigerated. Tender rotini pasta, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, black olives, and feta cheese covered in Italian dressing. The homemade Italian dressing does such a great job at adding some zest to the dish without overpowering all of the rest of the ingredients. This pasta salad is great for a casual family picnic and elegant enough for a wedding menu.