Elevate your pasta experience with a delightful Pasta Salad featuring a Homemade Dressing. This dish combines al dente pasta with a medley of colorful vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, crisp bell peppers, and olives, creating a visual and flavorful feast. The homemade dressing, a harmonious blend of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, and herbs, coats the pasta and veggies, infusing every bite with a burst of freshness. Whether served cold or at room temperature, this Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing is a versatile and satisfying option for picnics, potlucks, or as a refreshing side dish for any occasion.
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Details Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing Recipes
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 8
Ingredients For Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing Recipes
1 (8 ounce) package uncooked tri-color rotini pasta
6 ounces pepperoni sausage, diced
6 ounces provolone cheese, cubed
1 medium red onion, very thinly sliced and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
¾ cup chopped green bell pepper
¾ cup chopped red bell pepper
1 (6 ounce) can pitted black olives, drained
¼ cup minced fresh parsley
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup red wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon ground mustard seed
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions: Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing Recipes
Step 1: Gather all ingredients.
Step 2: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add rotini and cook until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain again.
Step 3: Transfer drained, cooked pasta to a large bowl. Add pepperoni, provolone cheese, red onion, cucumber, bell peppers, olives, parsley, and Parmesan cheese.
Step 4: Mix olive oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, oregano, ground mustard, salt, and pepper for dressing in a jar with a lid. Seal the jar, and shake until well combined.
Step 5: Pour dressing over the pasta salad; toss until well coated. Serve immediately, or cover and chill in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours before serving.
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Super yummy and simple dressing!
Made exactly to direction and was excellent! Will make again- recipe yields plenty for potluck, cookout, etc.
I think it's a very clever twist on pasta, no pun intended! I made some changes based on what I had on hand: shredded cheddar cheese plus red and green bell pepper, onion, olives and chickpea pasta since a member of the family is diabetic and that's the only kind of pasta which works for him. I used my regular homemade "Italian" dressing which is very similar to what is in the recipe, and I am going to go pick fresh parsley to top it off while it's chilling! I think he is really going to like this, as chickpea pasta becomes pasty when mixed with mayonnaise for traditional mac salad, and this is a welcome solution.
Great warm weather salad. I used prosciutto and feta cheese instead of pepperoni and provolone.
Absolutely loved this salad! I didn't use the pepperoni sausage because my hubby doesn't eat meat and I used cubed cheddar cheese instead of provolone but everything else was as stated in the recipe and we both loved it! Didn't even miss the meat and the cucumbers really added to the dish. Thank you for the recipe!
I used a 16 oz. pack of rotini pasta, only used half the red onion, omitted the olives, and doubled the dressing. It needed a tad bit more salt, otherwise it is delicious!
it's good
I can't have cucumber so I used celery.So everything else Excellent!!!!⁰
It was good although I added some sugar to dressing
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