Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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 the perfect party food. Choose from among these popular renditions for your next picnic or potluck.
Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pasta salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Salad:
- Get 1 (16 oz.) Box Rotini pasta
- Take 1 head broccoli florets
- Take 1 pack grape tomatoes, halved
- Make ready 2 cucumbers, seeds removed, diced fine
- Take 1 roasted red pepper, diced
- Make ready Green onions, sliced
- Get 1 can large black pitted olives, sliced
- Prepare 1 bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis)
- Take 1 block colby cheese cubed
- Make ready 1 block pepper jack cheese cubed
- Take 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
- Prepare 3 Tbl pesto
Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad Tackle gatherings to go with a bright pasta salad. Pasta salads are great for brunch, ladies luncheons, or light summer suppers. Add protein, such as chopped deli chicken, boiled shrimp, or sliced grilled steak, to turn a quick pasta salad into a main-dish meal. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
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 😋😋😋😋😋😋
Add protein, such as chopped deli chicken, boiled shrimp, or sliced grilled steak, to turn a quick pasta salad into a main-dish meal. Rinse with cold water; drain well. In two large bowls, combine the California vegetables, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, cheeses and pasta. In a small bowl, combine the salad dressing, parsley, basil, Italian seasoning, seasoned salt and pepper. Cold pasta salads are not only creamy and delicious—and a great way to get garden vegetables into a dish, but they're also an ideal barbecue side dish.
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