Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pasta Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pasta salad using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Salad:
- Make ready 1 (16 oz.) Box Rotini pasta
- Prepare 1 head broccoli florets
- Prepare 1 pack grape tomatoes, halved
- Take 2 cucumbers, seeds removed, diced fine
- Make ready 1 roasted red pepper, diced
- Make ready Green onions, sliced
- Get 1 can large black pitted olives, sliced
- Prepare 1 bottle, about 10 greek peppers, whole (peppercinis)
- Prepare 1 block colby cheese cubed
- Prepare 1 block pepper jack cheese cubed
- Get 1 ham steak cubed
- Prepare 1 bag mini pepperonis
- Prepare 2 packets Good Seasons Italian seasoning mix
- Prepare 2 Tbls honey
- Take 1 (24 oz.) bottle olive garden creamy Italian dressing
- Prepare 3 Tbl pesto
Steps to make Pasta Salad:
- Boil pasta according to directions and drain then run cold water over pasta to cool, drain again and set aside
- Put together entire ingredients into large mixing bowl (except the pasta, dressing,honey and pesto) turning to mix
- Add pasta, bottle dressing,honey and pesto turning in bowl with spatula until evenly coated, I also add some juice from the pepper jar
- Cover and place in fridge…at least 2-3 hours to marry the flavors Overnight is better
- After taking out of fridge, add the second packet of seasoning mix and a little more dressing, give it a toss and serve !! 😋
- I like to add a little grated parmesan or feta cheese on top maybe some sunflower seeds or bacon bits but that is completely optional ENJOY !!
- Double this recipe for several people 😋😋😋😋😋😋
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