Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

For some reason, staying at home is making me have cravings for all of my childhood favorite foods. I don’t know if it’s because many of the recipes included pantry or refrigerator staples in my household growing up. Brownies, Bagel Bites, PB&J, my stomach has been asking for all of these after school treats. 

Speaking of childhood memories, I have a fond memory of sitting in my yearbook class in HS and eating a pasta salad someone made for a class potluck and then going home and raving about it to my mom. We discovered the recipe came from a box and decided to try to make our own at home. It’s now one of our favorite grilling season family recipes. Today I’m sharing a quarantine version of my pasta salad recipe.

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Easy Pasta Salad

Yield: 6
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Prep time: 15 MCook time: 10 MTotal time: 25 M
An easy pasta salad recipe using pantry staples

Ingredients:

  • ½ box of dried tri-color rotini pasta
  • ½ cup of California black olives, drained
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 1 green bell pepper diced
  • ¾ spinach and arugula lettuce blend
  • ¾ can of garbanzo beans, drained and washed
  • Dried Parsley
  • Dried Basil
  • Dried Oregano
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • ½ cup store brought zesty Italian salad dressing

Instructions:

How to cook Easy Pasta Salad

  1. 1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. Drain and place the pasta in a large mixing bowl.
  2. 2. Add black olives, garbanzo beans, bell peppers, spinach blend, and spices to pasta bowl. 
  3. 3. Add zesty Italian salad dressing to the bowl and toss the ingredients. 
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