Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pasta salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Salad:
- Get 1 (16 oz.) Box Rotini pasta
- Make ready 1 head broccoli florets
- Make ready 1 pack grape tomatoes, halved
- Prepare 2 cucumbers, seeds removed, diced fine
- Prepare 1 roasted red pepper, diced
- Get Green onions, sliced
- Take 1 can large black pitted olives, sliced
- Take 1 bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis)
- Get 1 block colby cheese cubed
- Get 1 block pepper jack cheese cubed
- Prepare Or mozzarella pearls or shredded mozzarella
- Get 1 ham steak cubed
- Take 1 bag mini pepperonis
- Take 1 packet Good Seasons Italian seasoning mix
- Prepare 2 Tbls honey
- Take 1 (24 oz.) bottle olive garden creamy Italian dressing
- Get 3 Tbl pesto
It's a real crowd-pleaser! —Norene Wright, Manilla, Indiana In a salad bowl, combine the pasta, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers and olives. Pour dressing over salad; toss and refrigerate overnight. Pasta Salad Pointer: To keep your salad moist, toss the cooked pasta in lemon juice and olive oil, then refrigerate overnight. Add protein, such as chopped deli chicken, boiled shrimp, or sliced grilled steak, to turn a quick pasta salad into a main-dish meal.
Steps 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 😋😋😋😋😋😋
Pasta Salad Pointer: To keep your salad moist, toss the cooked pasta in lemon juice and olive oil, then refrigerate overnight. Add protein, such as chopped deli chicken, boiled shrimp, or sliced grilled steak, to turn a quick pasta salad into a main-dish meal. Pasta salads are a hit at potlucks and picnics or a simple weeknight meal. Find easy and healthy options for pasta salad recipes including Italian, chicken, tortellini, pesto, macaroni, tuna, and more. Place the pasta salad ingredients in a bowl.
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