Italian Pasta Salad Make ahead… The best thing about this pasta salad recipe is that it gets better as it sits and the flavors blend! Whether you're making Strawberry Balsamic Pasta Salad or Pimiento Pasta Salad, there are a. Easy Italian Pasta Salad takes just minutes to make and can be eaten right away or refrigerated.

Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad

  1. You need 1 lb of pasta of choice, I used spirals.
  2. Prepare of Kalamata olives, chopped.
  3. It's of Mini pepperoni.
  4. It's of Artichoke hearts, chopped.
  5. It's of Cherry tomatoes, halved.
  6. It's of Shredded cheese of choice.
  7. It's of Salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, Italian seasoning(optional).
  8. It's 1/2 cup of mayo.
  9. It's 1/3-1/2 cup of Italian dressing.

Italian Pasta Salad instructions

  1. Boil your pasta in salted water. Drain. Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate..

Many people use bottled Italian dressing for their pasta salad but I prefer to. One of my favorite family recipes, is a classic Italian pasta salad Lt. Dan's grandma, Mo, used to make. Every time she served it she would change the recipe just a little bit. Yet her pasta salad always included fusilli pasta, little slivers of hard salami, black olives, tomatoes, and cheese.

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