Colorful vegetables and pasta with just the right amount of Italian dressing creates a simply delicious Easy Italian Pasta Salad perfect for picnics or as a dinner side salad. This salad is beautiful and bursting with flavors.
Italian Pasta Salad Perfect for Summer Picnics
With spring in the air, and summer just around the corner, picnic season is in full swing. Salads are definitely our choice for the perfect picnic food. This Easy Italian Pasta Salad comes together quickly, it’s colorful, and it tastes amazing. This is a good basic recipe that can easily be customized to suit your family’s tastes. You can switch this recipe up by using ranch salad dressing instead of Italian for a totally different flavor sensation. The thing we love about pasta salads with an oil-based dressing is that they are much easier to maintain and keep fresh in warmer temperatures than other salad options with milk bases. For a meatier salad that could easily be your main dish, add pepperoni or salami to this salad. We took the meatless route because we like keeping things light!
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1-12 ounce box tri-color rotini pasta
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped in half
- 1/2 cup celery, chopped
- 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup black olives, chopped
- 1 red pepper, seeds removed and chopped
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 16 ounce bottle Kraft Tuscan House Italian
Instructions
- Boil your pasta according to package instructions.
- Chop all of your ingredients while the pasta boils.
- When your pasta is done cooking, strain your pasta, and run under cold water in a strainer.
- Mix all ingredients together with the dressing into a large serving bowl.
- Serve chilled.
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