How To Make Easy Pasta Salad
Have a colorful pasta salad packed with tender vegetables, tossed in a tangy salad dressing, for a richer meal. Cook up a batch in just under one hour!
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Cool Time: 30 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12oztri-color rotini pasta
- 10ozgrape tomatoes,(1 pint), halved
- 1½cupsEnglish cucumber,diced
- 1½cupsbroccoli florets,chopped tiny
- 1cupyellow bell pepper,chopped
- 1cupolives,sliced
- ¾cupbaby carrots,thinly sliced
- ⅓cupred onion,chopped
- ½cupparmesan cheese,finely shredded
- 1⅓cupsItalian salad dressing,bottled, used Kraft
Instructions
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Cook the pasta according to package instructions to al dente, but do not season the water with salt. Drain and rinse under cold water.
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Pour the pasta into a bowl, add the tomatoes, broccoli, bell pepper, olives, cucumber, carrots, red onion and parmesan.
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Pour the salad dressing over, then toss to evenly coat.
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Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Add a little more dressing, if needed.
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Serve chilled, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 423.34kcal
- Fat: 25.90g
- Saturated Fat: 5.71g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.28g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10.55g
- Carbohydrates: 39.21g
- Fiber: 2.96g
- Sugar: 4.33g
- Protein: 10.10g
- Cholesterol: 6.32mg
- Sodium: 269.36mg
- Calcium: 153.21mg
- Potassium: 324.75mg
- Iron: 1.62mg
- Vitamin A: 137.20µg
- Vitamin C: 39.85mg
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