I love a good pasta salad and this garden rotini pasta salad is a goodie and totally delicious! It’s fresh, hearty and so tasty! I grew up with pasta salads all summer long and I make them all year round. They are easy to make, feed a crowd and are also a great way to get in some extra veggies.
The garden rotini pasta salad pictured features tomatoes and peppers grown in my own garden this summer. Though it’s December now I am just now getting to this recipe from the summer! 2020 is been quite a year and with 4 kids part time online schooling the recipes are a little piled up on my desk at the moment but I will get to them, even if it’s summer in December. ha ha.
I love to add lots of herbs to this salad, you can use fresh or I prefer to just use Italian herb seasoning because it’s easier and I always have it on hand.
I grew up with this pasta salad always having ham and pepperoni in it, I love it that way but I also love it without them too so I added those as optional ingredients. It’s honestly delicious both ways!
What you need to make your Garden Rotini Pasta Salad:
Serves 8
- 16 ounces garden rotini – cooked, drained and cooled
- 1 bell pepper – diced, any color
- 6 medium tomatoes – diced
- 1/2 cup red onion- diced
- 6 ounces black olives
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese – chunked
- 1 cup ham – diced, optional
- 1 cup pepperoni – diced, optional
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1.2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 cup white vinegar
- 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Cook pasta, drain and cool.
- prepare all vegetables, cheese, olives and meat and add to a bowl with the cooled pasta.
- In a bowl, add Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, sugar, white vinegar, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and whisk together.
- Pour over pasta mixture and stir well.
- Serve chilled.
- Enjoy!
Full printable recipe is below.
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Garden Rotini Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 16 ounces garden rotini – cooked drained and cooled
- 1 bell pepper – diced any color
- 6 medium tomatoes – diced
- 1/2 cup red onion- diced
- 6 ounces black olives
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese – chunked
- 1 cup ham – diced optional
- 1 cup pepperoni – diced optional
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1.2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 cup white vinegar
- 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Cook pasta, drain and cool.
- prepare all vegetables, cheese, olives and meat and add to a bowl with the cooled pasta.
- In a bowl, add Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, sugar, white vinegar, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and whisk together.
- Pour over pasta mixture and stir well.
- Serve chilled.
- Enjoy!