Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Let Our Collection Of Easy & Simple Recipes Guide You In The Kitchen. Browse Now This light and refreshing cold pasta salad is loaded with the flavors of the Mediterranean, and pairs well with grilled proteins, such as fish, pork, chicken or steak. If you make this in advance, reserve a bit of the dressing to add right before serving, as the pasta has a tendency to soak up the dressing as it sits over time.
Pasta Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pasta salad using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Salad:
- Get 1 (16 oz.) Box Rotini pasta
- Get 1 head broccoli florets
- Make ready 1 pack grape tomatoes halved
- Take 1 cucumber, seeds removed, diced fine
- Make ready 1 bell pepper diced
- Take Green onions sliced
- Take 1 can large black pitted olives, sliced
- Prepare 1 bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis)
- Get 1 block colby cheese cubed
- Get 1 block pepper jack cheese cubed
- Take 1 ham steak cubed
- Make ready 1 bag mini pepperonis
- Get 1 packet Good Seasons Italian seasoning mix
- Take Pinch white sugar
- Take 1 (24 oz.) bottle olive garden creamy Italian dressing
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Instructions to make Pasta Salad:
- Boil pasta according to directions and drain then run cold water over pasta to cool, drain again and set aside
- Put together entire ingredients into large mixing bowl (except the pasta and bottle dressing) turning to mix
- Add pasta and bottle dressing and turn in bowl with spatula until evenly coated, I also add some juice from the pepper jar
- Cover and place in fridge…at least 2-3 hours to marry the flavors Overnight is better
- After taking out of fridge, give it a toss and serve !! 😋
- 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 !!
- Double this recipe for several people 😋😋😋😋😋😋
The ultimate in light, convenience cooking, pasta salad is the ideal take-along for workplace lunches and weekend picnics. Find easy and healthy options for pasta salad recipes including Italian, chicken, tortellini, pesto, macaroni, tuna, and more. Remember that the pasta will plump as it cooks, and you want pasta salad to have a generous combination of pasta and vegetables in each bite. This veggie packed version is easy thanks to the shortcut of zesty bottled Italian salad dressing. So all you have to do is boil the pasta, chop the veggies and toss everything together.
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