Italian Pasta Salad – Eat Yourself Skinny

This EASY Italian Pasta Salad is loaded with juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, contemporary mozzarella, spicy salami, pepperoncini, pink onion and olives all tossed along with a zesty selfmade Italian dressing!

This Italian pasta salad recipe is arms down one among our absolute favourite pasta salads.  So many flavorful substances like spicy salami, juicy tomatoes, contemporary mozzarella, pepperoncini, tossed with heat pasta and probably the most scrumptious selfmade Italian dressing!  This straightforward Italian pasta salad is ideal for picnics or cookouts and makes an incredible facet dish when grilling rooster, fish or steak.  The better part is that this pasta salad could be enjoyed heat or chilly and has SO a lot taste in each single chunk!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Light, healthy and SO flavorful!
• Easy to make and comes collectively in simply quarter-hour.
• The Italian dressing additionally tastes nice on high of salads or a marinade for rooster, shrimp or steak.
• Perfect addition to summer time events, cookouts or a easy facet dish at residence!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• pasta – for this recipe I used rotini noodles, however be happy to make use of any sort of curly/corkscrew pasta similar to cavatappi or fusilli.  The nooks within the pasta actually seize maintain of the dressing properly! You might additionally use farfalle or penne pasta. 
• veggies – for this pasta salad I used sliced cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes), crisp cucumbers and pink onion, however you would additionally add in different greens similar to chopped bell peppers, broccoli or asparagus.
• mozzarella cheese – I used mozzarella cheese pearls (also called Bocconcini), however you would additionally use massive balls or slices of mozzarella and easy lower them into items.
• salami – spicy salami actually offers this pasta salad a lot taste, however be happy to make use of no matter salami or sausage you want greatest.
• pepperoncini – that is fully non-obligatory, however provides a kick of taste and spice to this Italian pasta salad! You might additionally add in some pink pepper flakes for much more spice.
• olives – I used sliced kalamata olives, however be happy to make use of black olives (and even inexperienced olives), should you favor.
• contemporary herbs – a mix of chopped contemporary parsley and contemporary basil.
• dressing – this straightforward selfmade Italian dressing is what makes this pasta salad so dang scrumptious! Made with a mix of olive oil, vinegar, parmesan cheese, garlic and spices, it provides a lot taste to each chunk!

How to Make Italian Pasta Salad

1. Chop veggies and herbs.  This is likely to be probably the most time-consuming half, however hey play that podcast or blast some music – I promise it’s value all of the chopping!  Slice the tomatoes, cucumbers and pink onion, roughly chop the salami, kalamata olives and contemporary herbs.
2. Boil the pasta.  Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil and cook dinner the pasta in accordance with the bundle instructions till al dente. Drain the pasta and rinse with chilly water to cease the cooking course of.
3. Make the dressing.  While the pasta is cooking, you possibly can whip up the Italian dressing!  Simply whisk collectively the olive oil, vinegar, parmesan cheese, dijon mustard, honey, garlic, dried herbs, salt and pepper in a jar or bowl and put aside till prepared to make use of. 
4. Toss the salad.  In a big bowl, combine collectively the cooked pasta, chopped veggies, salami, mozzarella balls, pepperoncini, olives and contemporary herbs. Drizzle every little thing with the Italian dressing, giving it an excellent toss, and season with extra salt and pepper, as wanted. 
5. Marinate.  You can both serve this instantly or marinate for just a few hours earlier than serving. To marinate, cowl the pasta salad and place it within the fridge permitting the flavors to marinate for just a few hours and even in a single day. I even like to order slightly further dressing to toss proper earlier than serving for the reason that pasta actually soaks up a number of it.

Prepping and Storage

To Store: The wonderful thing about this pasta salad is that it tastes nice heat OR chilly and can last as long as 3 to 4 days in your fridge.  Just make sure that to retailer any leftovers in a sealed, hermetic container. 

To Prep: The Italian French dressing could be made as much as every week forward of time and saved within the fridge prior to creating the pasta salad. Just make sure that to let the dressing sit at room temp a minimum of quarter-hour earlier than tossing with with the pasta salad and provides the dressing an excellent shake to combine all of it up.

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