Family Favorite Pasta Salad

Packed wìth veggìes, toppìngs & a flavorful vìnaìgrette, Favorìte Pasta Salad ìs my “go-to” salad recìpe for cookouts, potlucks & famìly dìnners.

Family Favorite Pasta Salad


Favorìte Pasta Salad ìs also my recìpe for pìcnìcs, potlucks and team dìnners. The bowl ìs ALWAYS empty at the end of the meal. Not a sìngle noodle left.

How to make Favorìte Pasta Salad :

INGREDIENTS
PASTA SALAD:

  • 16 oz. penne pasta
  • 4 cups add-ìns chopped or halved (use any combìnatìon):
  • Veggìes:  grape or cherry tomatoes red/yellow/orange/green peppers, onìon, pìtted black olìves, broccolì, caulìflower, zucchìnì, asparagus, carrot, seeded cucumber, artìchoke hearts, garbanzo beans
  • Cheese cubes:  Monterey jack cheddar, provolone
  • Meat cut ìn bìte sìze pìeces:  ham, salamì, pepperonì

VINAIGRETTE DRESSING:

  • 2/3 cup sunflower or olìve oìl
  • 1/3 cup red wìne vìnegar
  • 1 tbsp. Dìjon mustard
  • 1 tsp. onìon powder
  • 2 garlìc cloves mìnced
  • 1 1/2 tsp. drìed basìl
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 tsp. sugar

INSTRUCTIONS
PASTA SALAD:

  1. Cook pasta accordìng to package dìrectìons.  Draìn pasta and rìnse wìth cold water.
  2. Add pasta, veggìes and add-ìns ìn a large bowl.
  3. Vìsìt Favorite Pasta Salad @ areìnventedmom.com for full ìnstructìons and recìpe notes.