Italian Pasta Salad Pasta salad with the dressing on it can be stored for later with no problems. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water and tossing in a few key ingredients. Just stick to this simple formula, cool the pasta correctly, and lean on this flavorful dressing every time you need to.

Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad

  1. It's 1 box of multi-color pasta.
  2. You need 1 bottle of Kraft zesty Italian salad dressing.
  3. Prepare of Salt/ pepper.
  4. It's 1/4 tsp of red pepper flakes.
  5. You need 1 of small can sliced black olives.
  6. You need 1 package of pepperoni.
  7. It's 1 of small red onion, minced.
  8. You need 1 of English cucumber cubed.
  9. You need of Any cheese cubed.
  10. It's 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
  11. It's 1 cup of Cherry tomatoes, halves.
  12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning.
  13. It's 1 pkg of thick sliced Ham, cut into small cubes.

Italian Pasta Salad instructions

  1. Boil pasta until tender. Rinse with cold water. Be sure to do this, or your cheese will melt..
  2. Drain off all water and add all ingredients to pasta. Pour over dressing and mix.
  3. After you have mixed all ingredients, sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top. Stir again and keep in fridge until ready. Stir again right before serving.

Watch me make this Italian Pasta Salad from start to finish! I'm blessed to have grown up in a pretty diverse Southern city. I was inspired to make this because I went on a Salami Bender* after the Salami Cream Cheese Roll I shared a couple of weeks ago. I could never be a food magazine editor. Easy Italian Pasta Salad (copycat Suddenly Salad).

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