Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, all-in italian pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This Italian pasta salad features all the caprese ingredients and then some - mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, plus artichoke hearts and arugula. The arugula adds great color and freshness to the salad. I love to make it for a barbeque or as a cold lunch on a hot day.
All-In Italian Pasta Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. All-In Italian Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook all-in italian pasta salad using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make All-In Italian Pasta Salad:
- Make ready 1 (16 oz) box Rotini Pasta
- Make ready 1 large cucumber (julienned)
- Prepare 1 small red onion (diced)
- Make ready 1 lg crown of broccoli (no stalk) rinsed and trimmed
- Prepare 1 yellow or orange bell pepper
- Prepare 1 pint zeema tomatoes (halved)
- Get 1 (8 oz) bag shredded Italian cheese mix (any with parmesan)
- Make ready 3 oz. pepperoni (diced)
- Get 3 oz smoked ham (diced)
- Prepare 1 (15 oz) bottle Creamy Italian dressing
- Prepare Sliced black olives (optional)
If you like pasta salad, you will love this Italian pasta salad recipe. It's super easy, bright, and fresh, with all the colorful and crunchy mix-ins. It makes great leftovers, too, because the flavors will blend even more fully, so be sure to make extra so you have some for later! Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse with cold water and drain.
Steps to make All-In Italian Pasta Salad:
- Boil pasta until al dente
- Drain and rinse pasta with cold water or ice cube rinse.
- Do not mix until pasta is completely cooled
- Add more, less, or none of an ingredient to adjust to you and your family's tastes. I go ALL-IN!
- Mix all ingredient in large mixing bowl or gumbo pot(that's what I use;)
- Chill for 2 hours. Garnish with sliced pepperoni and serve!
Place in a bowl, add tomatoes, celery, carrots, peppers, onions and Italian salad dressing. Just before serving, combine mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese, then stir in mozzarella and olives. 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! 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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