Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. 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 is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 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
- Get 1 head broccoli florets
- Make ready 1 pack grape tomatoes, halved
- Take 2 cucumbers, seeds removed, diced fine
- Prepare 1 roasted red pepper, diced
- Prepare Green onions, sliced
- Prepare 1 can large black pitted olives, sliced
- Prepare 1 bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis)
- Take 1 block colby cheese cubed
- Take 1 block pepper jack cheese cubed
- Take Or mozzarella pearls or shredded mozzarella
- Make ready 1 ham steak cubed
- Get 1 bag mini pepperonis
- Get 1 packet Good Seasons Italian seasoning mix
- Get 2 Tbls honey
- Make ready 1 (24 oz.) bottle olive garden creamy Italian dressing
- Make ready 3 Tbl pesto
Look for the tastiest produce at the peak of. 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.
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 😋😋😋😋😋😋
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. Place the pasta salad ingredients in a bowl.
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