Italian Pasta Salad. Italian pasta salad is one of my favorite cold pasta salad dishes! Fresh and colorful vegetables, cheese, salami, and Italian vinaigrette are tossed with your favorite pasta to create an unforgettable. A quick and flavorful pasta salad with salami and bell peppers.

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. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water and tossing in a few key ingredients. You can cook Italian Pasta Salad using 9 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Pasta Salad

It's 1 lb of pasta of choice, I used spirals.
Prepare of Kalamata olives, chopped.
It's of Mini pepperoni.
Prepare of Artichoke hearts, chopped.
It's of Cherry tomatoes, halved.
Prepare of Shredded cheese of choice.
It's 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.

Just stick to this simple formula, cool the pasta correctly, and lean on this flavorful dressing every time you need to. How long does pasta salad with Italian dressing last? Pasta salad with the dressing on it can be stored for later with no problems. This zesty recipe combines vegetables and pasta in a creamy dressing.

Italian Pasta Salad step by step

Boil your pasta in salted water. Drain. Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate..

Refreshing and filling, this change-of-pace salad is perfect as a side dish. 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. The Best Italian Pasta Salad Recipe, hands down. Your new go-to pasta salad for spring!