How to Cook Yummy Italian Pasta Salad

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Italian Pasta Salad. Italian pasta salad is one of my favorite cold pasta salad dishes! Fresh and colorful vegetables, cheese, salami, and Italian vinaigrette are tossed with your favorite pasta to create an unforgettable. So many tasty Italian pasta salads to choose from.

Italian Pasta Salad Pasta salad with the dressing on it can be stored for later with no problems. 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. You can cook Italian Pasta Salad using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad

  1. Prepare 2 of boxes of tri color pasta.
  2. It's 1 of bottle of olive garden Italian dressing (or any really good brand).
  3. You need 1 of bag mild shredded cheddar cheese (any brand).
  4. Prepare 1 of small bag of pepperoni.
  5. You need 2 of small cucumbers (cut into bite size).
  6. It's 1 of tomato diced.

Everyone always loves this cold Italian Pasta Salad recipe made with a simple homemade Italian dressing, rotini noodles, tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, pepperoni or hard salami, onion. I was inspired to make this because I went on a Salami Bender* after the Salami Cream Cheese Roll I shared a couple of weeks ago. I could never be a food magazine editor. Italian pasta salad is perfect for making ahead because it tastes even better on the second day, after the flavors have had time to meld together.

Italian Pasta Salad instructions

  1. Fully cook pasta, drain and set aside..
  2. Cut cucumbers into small bite size pieces and put into a medium size glass or plastic bowl and set aside..
  3. Once pasta has cooled mix pasta and cucumbers together..
  4. Dice one tomato add it, dressing, cheese, and pepperoni..
  5. Serves 4 to 6 ..

I've included my favorite pasta salad ingredients in this. The Best Italian Pasta Salad Recipe, hands down. Your new go-to pasta salad for spring! Italian pasta salad is packing a punch of flavor with a homemade Italian dressing. This pasta salad is bursting with goodness - salami, pepperoni, mozzarella, tomatoes, spinach, and pepperoncini!