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. You need 2 cup of uncooked rotini or rotelle pasta (6 ounces).
  2. You need 1/2 medium of cucumber.
  3. You need 4 medium of green onions with tops.
  4. It's 1 small of red bell pepper.
  5. It's 1/4 cup of olives, chopped.
  6. It's of Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing.
  7. You need 2 clove of garlic.
  8. It's 1/4 cup of rice vinegar or white vinegar.
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp of water.
  10. It's 2 tbsp of olive or vegetable oil.
  11. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
  12. It's 1/2 tsp of sesame or vegetable oil.

Italian Pasta Salad step by step

  1. Prepare Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing:.
  2. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Shake garlic and remaining ingredients in a tightly covered jar or container. Shake again before pouring over vegetables and pasta..
  3. Cook the pasta. 8 to 10 minutes for rotini, 9 to 11 minutes for rotelle, until tender..
  4. While pasta is cooking, chop the cucumber, and peel and chop the onions. Place the vegetables in large bowl..
  5. Cut the bell pepper lengthwise in half, and cut out seeds and membrane. Cut bell pepper into pieces, and add to bowl..
  6. Drain pasta and rinse thoroughly with cold water. Add pasta to vegetables in bowl. Add the olives..
  7. Pour the dressing over the pasta and vegetables, mix thoroughly..
  8. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes, or until chilled..

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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