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Summer Pasta Salad

Summer Pasta Salad | Viola's Kitchen
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  • Author: Jenn Pardee
  • Prep Time: 25 minute
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 10 cups 1x
  • Cuisine: pasta salad
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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  1. 1 – 16 ounce box of pasta (we used Rotini for this recipe)
  2. 1 medium sized white or yellow onion
  3. 1 medium sized red bell pepper
  4. 2–3 medium sized carrots (use purple or different colored carrots for color)
  5. 1/2 cup of black olives
  6. 1 – 8 ounce pack of mozzarella sticks
  7. 1/2 teaspoon of fresh ground pepper
  8. 1 – 16 oz. bottle of Olive Garden Traditional Vinegrette Salad Dressing

Instructions

  1. Boil your pasta until it is ‘el dente’ and then set aside.
  2. Finely chop the onion, bell pepper and black olives (unless you used chopped olives)
  3. Use a grater to create thick shreds of the carrots
  4. Chop the mozzarella sticks into bite size pieces.
  5. Add the pasta, chopped veggies, chopped mozz, salad dressing in a large bowl and mix.
  6. Let it chill in the fridge for about an hour.
  7. Serve and Enjoy

Keywords: pasta salad, summer foods, picnic foods

Find it online: https://violaskitchen.com/summer-pasta-salad/