Good Times and Noodle Salad (Pasta Salad)
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) box rotini pasta (the garden rotini with red green and yellow pasta makes the best presentation)
- 12 ounces Italian dressing (homemade or store bought)
- 1 cup cucumber, cubed
- 4 roma tomatoes, cubed (use canned whole tomatoes in the off season)
- 1 cup black olives, sliced
- 1⁄2 - 1 cup cheese, cubed (I like Colby Jack)
- 3 green onions, chopped
directions
- Cook Pasta according to directions.
- Carefully toss in half of the Italian dressing.
- Toss in the rest of the ingredients.
- Pour the rest of the Italian dressing over salad.
- Serve warm or cold. Cold salad is best the next day.
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Reviews
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Made this for a potluck at work. Everyone RAVED! I am not a fan of bottled Italian Dressing, but everyone else seems to be, so that's what I used. Great combination of flavors. I think putting the dressing on the warm pasta really makes this salad sing. I made some at home using a homemade balsamic vinagrette. It was not as pretty as the one I took to the potluck, but it was delicious! Thanks for the great recipe, Mandy :)
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Great pasta salad! I'm usually not one for pasta salads, but this was great. I made it for a baby shower and it was a great success. I would use a zesty or spicy Italian dressing. I used the regular and it needed a little kick. I added some balsamic vinegar and a little Japanese 5 pepper spice and it was delicious.
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Really good, really easy. I made this to go with BBQ hamburgers, and it was a big hit. The colored pasta made it pretty as did the colors of the other ingredients. I used grape tomatoes cut in half and T. Marzetti Light Caesar Vinegarette dressing. Can't wait for our next potluck at work; I'm going to take this!
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I am a mother of three who loves to cook! I have a 4 1/2 year old girl and two boys, 18 months and 5 weeks. My daughter loves to help me cook, so recipes that she can help with always catch my eye. I think it's so important to have that time with her to teach her and bond with her. I also don't have much time so something delish that can be thrown together with the brood underfoot is a nessecity!