Description
Easy Italian Pasta Salad is the perfect summer cookout, barbecue, or potluck dish! Made with rotini pasta, fresh mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, and colorful vegetables, this light summer salad will be a total crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb rotini pasta
- 1 cucumber, chopped
- 1/2 cup turkey pepperoni, sliced
- 10 oz cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup fresh mozzarella pearls
- 1 cup Italian dressing
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Step: Start by boiling the water for you pasta & then cooking the pasta according to the package instructions.
- Step: While the pasta is boiling chop your cucumbers, tomatoes, and turkey pepperoni. Cut the cucumbers into slices and then quarter the slices, slice the cherry tomatoes in half, and slice the turkey pepperoni.
- Step: Drain your pasta, toss with the olive oil, and let cool.
- Step: Once the pasta has cooled transfer to a large bowl. Add the cucumber, turkey pepperoni, tomatoes, mozzarella pearls, Italian dressing, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder. Combine evenly and add salt & pepper to taste.
- Step: Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
- Step: Enjoy!
Notes
Ensure the pasta is completely cooled before adding other ingredients to prevent the cheese from melting. For maximum flavor, let the salad marinate in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours or overnight.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
Keywords: Italian pasta salad, summer side dish, rotini salad, potluck recipes, cold pasta salad