Everyone always loves this cold Italian Pasta Salad recipe made with a simple homemade Italian dressing, rotini noodles, tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, pepperoni or hard salami, onion, and pepperoncini.
It's the perfect pasta salad recipe to serve as a side for a BBQ or potluck.
Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water and tossing in a few key ingredients.
Ingredients of Amanda's Italian pasta salad
- Prepare 1 box of short cut pasta.
- It's 1 packages of marinated mushrooms.
- You need 1 packages of roasted red peppers.
- You need 1 can of artichoke hearts.
- You need 1 can of sliced black olives.
- You need 1 packages of marinated mozzarella balls.
- You need 1 bunch of fresh basil.
- Prepare 1 pinch of sea salt.
- You need 1 pinch of black pepper.
- Prepare 1 of olive oil, extra virgin.
- You need 2 clove of fresh garlic.
Amanda's Italian pasta salad instructions
- Cook pasta to desired texture, strain add olive oil so it doesn't stick, let it cool completely..
- Chop artichoke hearts, mozzarella balls, mushrooms, roasted red pepper, black olives to desired size. Set ingredients aside in the fridge. Add so vinegar from the mushrooms for added flavor and oil from the mozzarella balls..
- Minced garlic and slice basil..
- If pasta is cooled add all ingredients together and salt and pepper to taste. If you have to add more olive oil for moisture make sure you resets on appropriately..
- This dish is best if made the night before so the flavors can marry and you can alter the flavor if needed..
Your new go-to pasta salad for spring! Italian pasta salad is perfect for making ahead because it tastes even better on the second day, after the flavors have had time to meld together. I've included my favorite pasta salad ingredients in this recipe, and I've listed more pasta salad ideas below. As is, this recipe is vegetarian but you can add. Easy Italian pasta salad with homemade Italian dressing!
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