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    Jun 27, 2019 · Modified: Feb 17, 2021 by Chelsea · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    Italian Pasta Salad

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    Italian Pasta Salad is always a winner with tri-color rotini pasta loaded with sliced cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, black olives, quartered salami, and diced mozzarella cheese. It's so versatile and always a winner!

    Italian Pasta Salad

    ITALIAN PASTA SALAD RECIPE

    I've always loved a delicious cold pasta salad in the summertime! It's perfect for potlucks, cookouts, pool parties; you name it. Pretty much any get together you can think of, and I guarantee you this pasta salad will be gone in no time. Seriously, it's that good. And have I mentioned how easy it is, yup, that too!

    Italian pasta salad can be made up to one day in advance and then add the sliced tomatoes until it is ready to serve. I find it keeps them fresher a little bit longer.

    Sometimes I even like adding diced chicken breasts, like these perfect oven baked chicken breasts (they are to die for and so juicy!).

     

     

    cold pasta salad

    WHAT GOES INTO A COLD PASTA SALAD?

    I love this pasta salad recipe so much because of how versatile it is! The ingredients are pretty straightforward and you can customize it to how you like it:

    • cherry tomatoes
    • salami
    • black olives
    • bell peppers
    • fresh basil
    • red onions
    • tri-colored rotini (adds so much color!)
    • mozzarella cheese

    HOW DO YOU MAKE A PASTA SALAD WITH ITALIAN DRESSING?

    I've mentioned a few times about how easy this Italian pasta salad is and you will see why! I like to dice all of the ingredients and add them into a large mixing bowl, then add the Italian dressing. You can't go wrong.

    pasta salad with italian dressing

    WHAT DO YOU SERVE WITH ITALIAN PASTA SALAD?

    If you are serving this pasta salad at a BBQ, I highly recommend my perfect oven baked chicken breasts but grill them instead of baking them, or even my sweet honey bbq grilled chicken.

    4.75 from 27 votes
    Italian Pasta Salad
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    Italian Pasta Salad
    Prep Time
    10 mins
    Total Time
    10 mins
     

    Italian Pasta Salad is always a winner with tri-color rotini pasta loaded with sliced cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, black olives, quartered salami, and diced mozzarella cheese. It's so versatile and always a winner!

    Course: Salad, Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: italian pasta, pasta salad, potluck, summer
    Servings: 12 servings
    Calories: 332 kcal
    Author: Chelsea
    Ingredients
    • 12 ounces tri-color rotini pasta
    • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
    • 6 ounce can of black olives, drained and sliced
    • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
    • 1 small red onion, chopped
    • 8 ounces salami, diced into quarters
    • ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped
    • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, diced into cubes
    • ½ tsp salt
    • ½ tsp pepper
    • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
    • 1 cup Italian dressing
    Instructions
    1. Cook the tri-color rotini pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse the pasta with cold water and set aside to allow pasta to cool.

    2. In a large bowl, add cooled pasta, cherry tomatoes, black olives, bell pepper, red onion, salami, basil, mozzarella cheese, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and Italian dressing and mix together until combined.

    3. Place a covering on the large bowl and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to allow the flavors to combine.

    4. Serve immediately.

    Nutrition Facts
    Italian Pasta Salad
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 332 Calories from Fat 176
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 19.5g30%
    Sodium 932mg41%
    Carbohydrates 27g9%
    Sugar 3g3%
    Protein 14g28%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    1. Meghan says

      May 24, 2020 at 7:18 pm

      5 stars
      This was the best tasting pasta salad I have ever had!

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      • Chelsea says

        May 27, 2020 at 8:59 am

        So glad you enjoyed it, Meghan!!

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    2. Kathy says

      December 12, 2020 at 11:46 am

      5 stars
      Looks soooo good to this Kentucky gal! 🙂 Thank you so much! Merry Christmas! 🙂

      Reply

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