Italian Pasta Salad | SUPER EASY | Perfect Bring-Along #bigmamacooks #pastasalad

pasta

🥗Healthier: whole grain pasta

💰Cheaper: pasta

Whole grain pasta is more nutritious.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat feta

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Low-fat feta reduces calories, ricotta is often cheaper.

Add 1 tablespoon of salt to a pot of boiling water.

Add tricolor rotini pasta and let it boil for 10 minutes.

Drain the pasta and set it aside to cool.

Dice half of a small red onion, a green bell pepper, an orange bell pepper, a yellow bell pepper, and a red bell pepper.

Chop half a cup of black olives and a bunch of fresh parsley finely.

Cut up some mozzarella cheese (snacking balls) and some hard salami and pepperoni.

Add these ingredients to a bowl along with 1 cup of halved grape tomatoes.

In a separate bowl, combine 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon of salt, 2 grated garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon of honey, and some red pepper flakes.

Mix the dressing together and then add it to the cooled rotini pasta.

Toss to combine.

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