Our favorite pasta salad recipe is sure to become a staple in your home too. The secret is all in the dressing, and it’s a store-bought dressing which makes it even easier!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pasta salad, italian pasta salad
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 9 minutesminutes
chill 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 446kcal
Ingredients
1 10-12oz.Box Rotini Pastacooked according to directions
1small can sliced olives
1bell pepperdiced
1 1/2cupgrape tomatoeshalved
1/2cuppepperonidiced
Shredded Parmesan cheeseto taste
16oz.Newman's Family Recipe Italian Salad Dressing
Instructions
Toss all ingredients into a large bowl. Pour 1/2 of the bottle of dressing over salad and mix. Chill salad for an hour and then add another 1/4 of the bottle if the pasta is looking dry. The dressing soaks into the pasta, so oftentimes it needs another coat of dressing before serving.
Refrigerate the salad until ready to serve.
Notes
You MUST use the following dressing: Newman's Own: Family Recipe Italian. I've used many different dressings over the years and this one is my absolute favorite for pasta salad! You will most likely not need the whole bottle.