To make this recipe quick and easy, I use a bottled Italian dressing but of course, homemade Italian Dressing is amazing if you have the ingredients on hand.
Make ahead… The best thing about this pasta salad recipe is that it gets better as it sits and the flavors blend!
Easy Italian Pasta Salad takes just minutes to make and can be eaten right away or refrigerated.
Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad
- Prepare 1 lb of pasta of choice, I used spirals.
- It's of Kalamata olives, chopped.
- You need of Mini pepperoni.
- You need of Artichoke hearts, chopped.
- It's of Cherry tomatoes, halved.
- It's of Shredded cheese of choice.
- Prepare of Salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, Italian seasoning(optional).
- It's 1/2 cup of mayo.
- It's 1/3-1/2 cup of Italian dressing.
Italian Pasta Salad step by step
- Boil your pasta in salted water. Drain. Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate..
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. It is called Italian pasta salad because it uses Italian dressing, not because it is a traditional Italian pasta. "Italian" pasta salad is very much an American dish.
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