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Garden Rotini Pasta Salad

Categories Appetizer/Snacks, Easy Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Main Course, Salad, Side Dish

I love a good pasta salad and this garden rotini pasta salad is a goodie and totally delicious! It’s fresh, hearty and so tasty! I grew up with pasta salads all summer long and I make them all year round. They are easy to make, feed a crowd and are also a great way to get in some extra veggies.

The garden rotini pasta salad pictured features tomatoes and peppers grown in my own garden this summer. Though it’s December now I am just now getting to this recipe from the summer! 2020 is been quite a year and with 4 kids part time online schooling the recipes are a little piled up on my desk at the moment but I will get to them, even if it’s summer in December. ha ha.

I love to add lots of herbs to this salad, you can use fresh or I prefer to just use Italian herb seasoning because it’s easier and I always have it on hand.

I grew up with this pasta salad always having ham and pepperoni in it, I love it that way but I also love it without them too so I added those as optional ingredients. It’s honestly delicious both ways!

What you need to make your Garden Rotini Pasta Salad:

Serves 8

  • 16 ounces garden rotini – cooked, drained and cooled
  • 1 bell pepper – diced, any color
  • 6 medium tomatoes – diced
  • 1/2 cup red onion- diced
  • 6 ounces black olives
  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese – chunked
  • 1 cup ham – diced, optional
  • 1 cup pepperoni – diced, optional
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/8 cup white vinegar
  • 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta, drain and cool.
  2. prepare all vegetables, cheese, olives and meat and add to a bowl with the cooled pasta.
  3. In a bowl, add Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, sugar, white vinegar, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and whisk together.
  4. Pour over pasta mixture and stir well.
  5. Serve chilled.
  6. Enjoy!

Full printable recipe is below.

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5 from 2 votes

Garden Rotini Pasta Salad

Fresh and delicious vegetable packed pasta salad.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
chill time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Dinner, Salad, Side dish
Keyword: appetizer, pasta, Salad, side dish, Vegetables
Servings: 8 people

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces garden rotini – cooked drained and cooled
  • 1 bell pepper – diced any color
  • 6 medium tomatoes – diced
  • 1/2 cup red onion- diced
  • 6 ounces black olives
  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese – chunked
  • 1 cup ham – diced optional
  • 1 cup pepperoni – diced optional
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/8 cup white vinegar
  • 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Cook pasta, drain and cool.
  • prepare all vegetables, cheese, olives and meat and add to a bowl with the cooled pasta.
  • In a bowl, add Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, sugar, white vinegar, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and whisk together.
  • Pour over pasta mixture and stir well.
  • Serve chilled.
  • Enjoy!