Pizza Pasta Salad
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4.9
Pizza Pasta Salad
Description
This Pizza Pasta Salad brings together al dente rotini pasta with classic pizza ingredients: both green and red bell peppers, quartered cherry tomatoes, diced mozzarella, red onions, sliced black olives, mini pepperoni, and shredded Parmesan cheese. The vegetables add freshness and crunch, while the pepperoni contributes savory richness.
The salad is dressed with either a premade Italian dressing or a homemade blend of olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper. Tossing the pasta and toppings in the dressing coats each ingredient evenly. Refrigerating the salad for an hour encourages the flavors to combine and the pasta to absorb the dressing slightly. This pasta salad serves as a colorful, flavorful accompaniment to meals or as a standalone dish.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces rotini pasta penne, or bowties
- ½ green bell pepper diced
- ½ red bell pepper diced
- 1 ½ cups cherry tomato quartered
- 4 ounces mozzarella cheese diced
- ½ cup red onion diced
- ½ cup black olive sliced
- 1 ¼ cup mini pepperoni
- ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese shredded
- 2 tablespoons basil fresh
Dressing
- 1 cup Italian dressing
OR
- ½ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon oregano dried
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta el dente according to package directions. Rinse under cold water.
- Combine pasta, red & green pepper, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, onion, olives and pepperoni.
- Whisk together dressing ingredients. Toss with pasta mixture.
- Top with fresh basil & parmesan cheese.
- Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 463 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 463 | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 1024mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 252mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 605IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 22.9mg | 25% |
| Calcium | 133mg | 13% |
| Iron | 1.3mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.9
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