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    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with Pepperoni

    Published: Apr 3, 2016 · Modified: Apr 9, 2019 by heather · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with Pepperoni is beautiful in color and flavor. It makes a great picnic food and pot luck dish.

    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with pepperoni is quick and easy to make but always a big hit! A sure crowd favorite!

    When I think of Italian pasta salad my mind goes straight to picnics with my family. Last year one of our favorite activities when the weather cooperated was to go to our neighborhood park and have a picnic. It is so much fun to pack up some food, grab our big blanket, and go eat outside. This past week has been beautiful and the kids started asking if we could go have a picnic, or as my youngest calls it a “nicnic”. Our spring break happens to be this week, so I promised them we would go. Italian pasta salad will definitely be making it’s way into our picnic basket! 

    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with pepperoni is quick and easy to make but always a big hit! A sure crowd favorite!

    To make the pasta salad, I like to cook my rotini noodles first. After straining the pasta, run under cold water to cool it off. Add the pasta to a large bowl and then dump in all of the fixins. For this Italian pasta salad we like to use green bell pepper, pepperoni, green onion, salami, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella balls and black olives. Mix in some Italian salad dressing and you are ready for the park.

    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with pepperoni is quick and easy to make but always a big hit! A sure crowd favorite!

    Time to enjoy the outdoors and eat some pasta salad. Woohoo, I love spring break!

    Bowl of tri-colored pasta salad.
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    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with Pepperoni

    Italian pasta salad
    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time20 mins
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Italian
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 251kcal
    Author: heather

    Ingredients

    • 1 12 oz box tri color rotini pasta uncooked
    • 1 cup mozzarella balls
    • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half
    • 1 green bell pepper diced
    • 1/4 cup sliced black olives
    • 1/4 cup green onion diced
    • 1/2 cup mini pepperoni
    • 1/2 cup salami diced
    • 1 cup Italian salad dressing

    Instructions

    • Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the pasta. Cook the recommended time on the box.
    • Strain pasta in a colander under cold water until cooled.
    • In a large bowl combine mozzarella balls, tomatoes, bell pepper, black olives, green onion, pepperoni, and salami. Add the pasta and stir until combined.
    • Pour in salad dressing and stir again to coat.
    • Cover bowl and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 426mg | Potassium: 167mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 11.8mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 0.7mg
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    Easy Italian Pasta Salad with pepperoni is quick and easy to make but always a big hit! A sure crowd favorite!

     

     

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    Comments

    1. Diana Escatiola

      September 06, 2021 at 6:05 pm

      5 stars
      I love this it’s always made during the summer !!so delicious

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    2. Duane and kim

      May 27, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      Definitely making this over holiday. Has all yummy ingredients. Thanks.

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      • heather

        May 28, 2016 at 12:50 am

        Hope you enjoy the pasta salad and your holiday weekend!

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    3. Marilyn Lesniak

      May 12, 2016 at 1:00 am

      I have a tricolor pasta salad I make but it is Greek. This Italian one will be a welcomed change. I am definitely bookmarking to make soon. Thank you for sarng at #WonderfulWednesday. Pinned nd shared!

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      • heather

        May 12, 2016 at 10:57 pm

        Thank you Marilyn. I want to try your Greek version. That sounds delicious.

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    4. Martie

      May 11, 2016 at 1:31 pm

      Yum…looks like antipasto in a salad! I’m pinning this one! Thanks for sharing on Wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

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      • heather

        May 12, 2016 at 10:59 pm

        Thank you!

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