I make this pasta salad recipe year around. I could have a bowl every week and never get tired of pasta salad.
During the summer, I use fresh garden cherry tomatoes which make it taste so much better. The great thing about this recipe is you can substitute your favorites into the recipe. I love to use the tri-color noodles to give it more color. When I use regular noodles, it looks so plain and boring.
Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 12 oz box of tri-color spiral noodles
- 1 can of black olives, sliced
- 12 cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 4 sticks of string cheese, sliced
- 1 cup Italian dressing
- 2 tablespoons McCormick Salad Supreme seasoning
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain, rinse and cool.
- Add olives, tomatoes, and cheese to noodles, mix together in a large bowl. Pour dressing over top of the salad and sprinkle with seasoning.
 This is one recipe that I don’t measure.  I just slice and add things until the color balance looks good.  I make my own Italian dressing using the good season zesty Italian dry pack.   My key ingredients are 1 teaspoon of sugar added to the recipe and use Marukan Rice Vinegar.  This is by far my favorite rice vinegar and it makes all my recipes taste so much better. Â
This is one easy pasta salad recipe and what makes it so good is my homemade Italian dressing and the salad supreme seasoning blend. Â It gives the pasta salad just enough flavor and seasoning with the Italian dressing flavor. Â I don’t like pasta salads that are swimming in dressing. Â I like just enough for flavor, otherwise, you get that sickening overkill of salad dressing. Â Go crazy with the different versions you can make, add in sweet peppers or green olives. Â I like to mix in a little bit of balsamic dressing to give a bit of different flavoring to the seasoning. Â Give it a try and come back and let me know what you substituted in your version! Â
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Denyse @ Glitter, Glue & Paint says
Pasta salad is my favorite. But, I never thought of using string cheese!
Designed Decor says
It’s easier that way!