Easy Pasta Salad

This Easy Pasta Salad is a simple, traditional recipe that can be changed up with fresh vegetables but is always delicious! It is one of my favorite items to pack for lunch.

This Classic Pasta Salad is always a hit at barbecues, picnics, and parties too! Easy to make and also super economical too since the vegetables are fairly inexpensive, as is the spiral pasta. 

With these warm summer days, sometimes I just want to have a cool salad for dinner or lunch.  One of my favorites is pasta salad, which can be made in about 10 minutes.

Today I am sharing a simple recipe for Pasta Salad. Made with rotini pasta and fresh vegetables, drizzled in a tasty dressing for a fabulous picnic salad or side dish.

The Basic Ingredients are

• Rotini or spiral pasta
• Bell Peppers
• Onions
• Tomatoes
• Homemade Pasta Salad Dressing  or a bottled Italian dressing
• Feta Cheese - If you want to make this a Vegetarian Pasta Salad Recipe, just omit this ingredient.

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Easy Pasta Salad

This easy Pasta Salad is a simple, traditional recipe that can be changed up with fresh vegetables but is always delicious!

Course Salads

Cuisine American

Keyword bbq salad, pasta salad, picnic salad, side dish

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 7 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 17kcal

Author Raquel Pineira

Ingredients

• 1 package spiral or rotini pasta 1 lb.
• 1 cup chopped bell peppers I used green and yellow
• ¼ cup chopped onions I prefer red
• 1 large tomato chopped
• ¼ cup feta cheese
• ½ can olives 2.25 0z
• Balsamic Vinaigrette or Italian Salad dressing bottled or homemade

Instructions

• 1. Cook the pasta according to package directions.  
• 2. While pasta is cooking, chop up the bell peppers, tomato and onions and set aside.  
• 3. When the pasta is ready, drain and rinse with cold water, then drain again.  
• 4. Add other ingredients and mix with salad dressing.  
• 5. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour for best results.  
• 6. This is a great salad to take for lunch.  You can add chopped ham or cooked chicken or cucumbers if you like.

Nutrition

Calories: 17kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 4mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 26IU | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg

This recipe makes about 8 servings.  Enjoy!

For fun, here is the original photo from this recipe that was posted the first year of the blog. My photography was lacking big time!