Romano Pasta Salad

Submitted by VA3212

"Nothing unusual but this is the way we like our pasta salad and I wanted to post it mainly for ingredient ratios."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 16 ounces tri-color spiral pasta, cooked as directed
• 1⁄2 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
• 3 inches chunk of sandwich pepperoni, cubed small
• 3 inches chunk hard salami, cubed small
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cubed small
• 1⁄2 cup chopped red onion
• 1 cup halved black olives
• 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 16 ounces ken's steak house lite northern italian dressing with basil & romano cheese

directions

1. Combine all ingredients and refrigerate. Check to see if more dressing is needed.

Reviews

[Bluebelles]

A nice change from the typical pasta salad. I used only white pasta; personal preference, and added carrots, celery and green peppers for color. I also only used 1/4 cup parm cheese, again personal preference. My hubby really enjoyed this recipe. I made this for PAC Spring 2010.

 

[Nimz_]

This was very good. Loved the Lite Northern Italian for this. I could not find sandwich pepperoni or chunk hard salami, so used the pizza pepperoni and sliced hard salami which worked well for this. I also shredded the cheeses and decreased the amount and left out the olives for personal preference. I had homegrown tomatoes so I used that in place of the grape. That sounds like a lot of changes but I don't think it interfered with my review of the original. This is a very versatile recipe. Thanks VA for sharing. Made for PAC Fall 2009 :)