I’ve made this pasta salad twice so far and gotten a ton of compliments on it. First I made it for teacher conference dinner and then for Blue and Gold a week ago. This recipe makes a HUGE bowl so make sure you’re making it for a party or half it for your family. There is a lot of chopping in this recipe, but I think all the little pieces blend together better. You can save a lot of time if you know how to properly dice an onion.
Italian Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box multi color rotini pasta I use Ronzoni Garden Delight® Rotini
- 8 oz brick mozzarella cheese
- 1 bottle Italian Dressing
- 1/2 can black olives
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 summer sausage
Instructions
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Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. Rinse with cool water to cool quickly and drain well.
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While your pasta is cooking: dice mozzarella cheese, olives, onions, sausage and tomatoes.
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Toss all ingredients in large bowl. You can serve immediately, but I think it's best if refrigerated for at least a few hours so the flavors have time to blend.
There is so much to love inside that salad! YUM!
We make a salad pretty much identical to yours, we use pepperoni in ours vs sausage. I will have to try your recipe out soon!!
Num, one of my favorite salads! Looks good.
I need to add this to our salad list. We are always looking for great salads.
That looks so good! I love everything in it. 🙂
I make Italian pasta salad a lot in the summer. I know a few mayo-phobes….lol
This salad looks delish and like the perfect lunch as our weather continues to warm up!
I love pasta salad…I’ve been trying to lay off the calories so cutting back on carbs, but once I’m done with this diet I wold totally make this again 🙂
That looks really good!! Pinned it for later, thanks!
I love Italian pasta. I love anything with Black olives in it.
That salad looks really good!
I used to not be a fan of pasta, but I’m liking it more and more as I get older. I also love just about anything with cherry tomatoes or black olives.
This looks great (minus the tomatoes) good for a spring/summer day.
We just had Italian pasta salad tonight, but I love how you added sausage to yours. I will have to try that next time!
Oh, this looks so good, and I love that it doesn’t have mayo in it.
My daughter would love this with the olives and I’m coveting that sausage 🙂
This looks yummy though I personally am not a big fan of cold pasta salads.
That looks positively delicious! It will make a great addition to summer parties this year.
This Italian Pasta Salad recipe looks so yummy. I’ll have to try it real soon.
That looks delicious. I know the kids and I would love it, but not sure my hubby would. He is weird and doesn’t like cold pasta dishes.