Name: Simple Tasty Pasta Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 12 oz rotini pasta; 4 pcs Roma tomatoes; 1 cucumber; ½ green bell pepper; ¼ pc red onion; 2.25 oz black olives; 16 oz Italian-style salad dressing; 2.5 oz bacon bits; 6 oz dried cranberries

Simple Tasty Pasta Salad Recipe

How To Make Simple Tasty Pasta Salad

Try making an effortless meal with our Simple Tasty Pasta Salad Recipe. Enjoy a colorful dish of tricolor rotini pasta, Italian dressing, and bacon bits.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

12ozrotini pastatri-color
4pcsRoma tomatoesplum, quartered
1cucumberquartered and sliced
½green bell pepperminced
¼pcred onionminced
2.25ozblack olivessliced
16ozItalian-style salad dressingzesty lite, to taste
2.5ozbacon bits(1 package)
6ozdried cranberriesto taste

Instructions

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the rotini at a boil for about 8 minutes, until tender yet firm to the bite.
Drain the rotini. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool, then drain.
Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture, then toss to coat.
Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve. Enjoy!