Savoury Italian Pasta Salad Recipe

Savoury Italian Pasta Salad

There are zillions of pasta salad recipes at your disposal. It’s kind of like meatloaf, everyone makes it different. This particular recipe, which you can throw together in no time at all, is a classic… fit for any type of gathering or a simple family dinner.

Many pasta salad lovers prefer to prepare their favourite recipe a day ahead of time and let the flavours “marry” in the refrigerator. Of course, it’s totally up to you!

Let’s talk Italian dressing for a minute. If you’ve never tried zesty Italian in your pasta, I highly recommend it. It gives everything a little extra zip of flavour that I’m sure your taste buds will appreciate.

Quick Tips

Here’s another quick tip. If chopping onions makes you cry, try this. Cut a peeled the onion in half and run each piece under cold water for approximately 30 seconds. I can almost guarantee no more tears!

Pasta salad ingredient options are almost endless. Possibilities include green olives, raw broccoli, pepperoni, banana peppers, your favourite cheese… honestly; the list goes on and on.

If you do add extra ingredients, you’ll probably need to add more Italian dressing to ensure the entire salad is completely coated in yummy goodness. There’s nothing worse than dry pasta!

Always make sure to rinse your spaghetti thoroughly in cold water before you start making the salad. Avoiding this step means you’ll end up with gummy, starchy noodles and you certainly don’t want that. While we’re on the subject, the simplest way to tell whether or not your pasta is cooked properly is to eat a couple of pieces and go from there.

Obviously, if you don’t want to take a trip to the store for cherry tomatoes, any ripe tomatoes will do the trick. Dice them as small or as large as you wish. Easy-peasy!

Savoury Italian Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 box of spaghetti noodles, cooked
• 1 cup of chopped honey ham lunch meat
• 1 cup of Italian dressing
• 1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 can of whole black olives

Directions

• Following the directions on the back of the spaghetti box, cook pasta, drain and cool
• In a large bowl, combine pasta, chopped ham, cherry tomatoes, onion, black olives and Italian dressing
• Serve cold and enjoy

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Savoury Italian Pasta Salad Recipe

Pasta Salad recipe

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Canadian

Keyword: pasta, pasta salad

Ingredients

• 1 box of spaghetti noodles cooked
• 1 cup of chopped honey ham lunch meat
• 1 cup of Italian dressing
• 1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes cut in half
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 1 can of whole black olives

Instructions

1. Following the directions on the back of the spaghetti box, cook pasta, drain and cool
2. In a large bowl, combine pasta, chopped ham, cherry tomatoes, onion, black olives and Italian dressing
3. Serve cold and enjoy