Heather's Pasta Salad

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Lightly flavored and lightly oiled, this pasta salad has all kinds of vegetables and is a meal of its own. If you've found that deli pasta salads are just far too oily, give this a try. Can keep for up to a week in the fridge.

"This is a great warm weather salad that is easy to make and delicious. I used a marinated kalamata olive medley as well as fresh cucumber, basil and peppers from our garden. (I only used 1/2 of a green and 1/2 of a yellow as we aren't huge fans of an overwhelming bell pepper taste). We also used mozzarella pearls which were easy to fold in. Once the salad was chilled and ready to serve, I added a little fresh grated parmesan cheese for added flavor. Amazing!" - HeffeLump08

Yield: 12 Servings Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Pasta

(4.6, 21) 71% would make again (reviews)

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Original recipe makes 12 Servings

-- DRESSING --

6 tablespoonBasil; diced

3 clovesGarlic

pepper; Freshly ground, to taste

Salt; to taste

4 tablespoonExtra Virgin Olive Oil

1 packageRotini (Tri-color); small box

1 packageBuffalo Mozzerella; freshly packed in water

1 canButton mushrooms; drained

1 wholeRed bell pepper; diced

1 wholeYellow bell pepper; diced

1 wholeGreen bell pepper; diced

-- OPTIONAL --

1 canOlives (black or green); sliced

1 wholeCucumber; peeled, seeded and diced

Heather's Pasta Salad Preparation

Bring large stockpot of water to a rolling boil. Boil rotini until just cooked, approximately 10 minutes. Drain and wash with cold water. (If not fully cooked yet, wash with warm water to allow pasta to continue to cook.)

Prepare dressing. It''s a very simple olive oil combination with pressed garlic, with salt and pepper to taste.

In a large bowl, dump drained rotini. Add all other ingredients, and toss with dressing. Serve room temperature.

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Calories Per Serving: 200
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Heather's Pasta Salad Reviews
All 21 reviews

	vieem 2 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 36 minutes ago
	acecooks 1 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes ago
	Beautiful! Best pasta salad! Made a huge bowl of it and it didn't last long! Roxie208 2 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes ago
	Great Pasta Salad You Gotta Have It! Kristina28 6 months, 2 weeks, 10 hours, 36 minutes ago
	Made this for a party and everyone loved it! lesliem513 7 months, 3 weeks, 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
	Sommerof85 9 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 9 minutes ago
	This salad is so yummy definitely a new favourite for lunch in our house. Have passed on the recipe to lots of people too. Marmurf 11 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 11 minutes ago
	Really yummy and easy recipe, I didn't have enough basil so I added in some cilantro and it was great! krystinnali 11 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 15 hours, 46 minutes ago
	ashleycross 1 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes ago
	Wrbryan91 1 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes ago
	Awesome! z_williamson 1 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 11 hours, ago
	This is a great warm weather salad that is easy to make and delicious. I used a marinated kalamata olive medley as well as fresh cucumber, basil and peppers from our garden. (I only used 1/2 of a green and 1/2 of a yellow as we aren't huge fans of an overwhelming bell pepper taste). We also used mozzarella pearls which were easy to fold in. Once the salad was chilled and ready to serve, I added a little fresh grated parmesan cheese for added flavor. Amazing! HeffeLump08 1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes ago
	Added grilled lemon chicken to this pasta salad for a very satisfying quick & easy ready when you are meal! KitschyKitchen 1 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 7 hours, 56 minutes ago
	My boyfriend and I LOVE this recipe! Peppers are so expensive these days and I don't like mushrooms so I just put green pepper, tomato, and diced cucumber. I also use 2tbsp of oil instead of 4 and it still tastes great. This is so incredibly quick and easy to make. I store it in tupperware for the week & is ready to eat instantly at any moment Bdo1127 2 years, 6 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes ago
	Very yummy!! I made this for a pot luck and this was a very nice side dish for a hot day! 1gardengirl 2 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 15 hours, 39 minutes ago
	Its great, if shreaded chicken is, it will be even bettr. tubluc 4 years, 5 days, 5 hours, 28 minutes ago
	mamabear542000 5 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes ago
	I love this pasta dish, I ate it for three days. The flavors in it get stronger!!! YUM. This will definetly become my salad for the summer. C.Montoya 7 years, 1 months, 6 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes ago
	Updating with the time required stevemur 7 years, 8 months, 1 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes ago
	A very good, basic pasta salad. I added balsamic vinegar (which complements the fresh mozzarella), used fresh sliced mushrooms instead of canned and added a chopped beefsteak tomato. I divided the salad in half, and added smalled cubed salami to one half and chicken breast slices (pan seared in butter and olive oil with parsley) to the other. Delicious! inky 7 years, 11 months, 2 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes ago