Italian Pasta Salad
This EASY Italian Pasta Salad is loaded with juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh mozzarella, spicy salami, pepperoncini, red onion and olives all tossed together with a zesty homemade Italian dressing!
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 16 oz rotini pasta
- 1 pint cherry (or grape) tomatoes sliced
- 1 english cucumber chopped
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella balls I used mozzarella pearls (or Bocconcini)
- 4 oz salami sliced
- 3/4 cup kalamata olives sliced
- 3/4 cup pepperoncini
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley and fresh basil chopped
- Italian salad dressing
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, sprinkle in some salt, and cook the pasta according to the package directions until al dente.
- Mix together the cooked pasta, chopped veggies, mozzarella, salami, pepperoncini, olives and fresh herbs in a large bowl and drizzle the whole thing with the Italian dressing. Give it a good toss, season with additional salt and pepper, as needed.
- You can either serve this immediately or marinate for a few hours before serving. To marinate, cover the pasta salad and place it in the fridge allowing the flavors to marinate for a few hours or even overnight. I even like to reserve a little extra dressing to toss right before serving since the pasta really soaks up a lot of it.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/8th of recipe | Calories: 452kcal | Carbohydrates: 47.3g | Protein: 17.1g | Fat: 23.3g | Saturated Fat: 6.6g | Sodium: 467.4mg | Fiber: 6.2g | Sugar: 3.7g