It’s customary to bring this rotini pasta salad at potlucks. This recipe yields a generous salad that is delicious!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package colored rotini pasta
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 large cucumber, chopped
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup black olives, pitted and sliced
- 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian-style salad dressing
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water.
- Combine cooked pasta, tomatoes, green bell pepper, onion, cucumber, broccoli, mushrooms, and olives in a large bowl. Add Italian salad dressing; toss to coat. For best results, cover and chill to let the flavors blend before serving.
- Toss salad again before serving.
Reviews
Yes, I halved the recipe and left out the mushrooms. After my 2 nd left o er serving I added tuna and celery. Next time I Believe I will cut the recipe to 1/3 the original. It was awesome !
Not only delicious, beautiful presentation!!
Thought it might need cheese, but nope! Very tasty and satisfying. I used a veggie pasta and Ken’s Italian dressing.
So I absolutely love rotini pasta! In my recipe thoguh I love to change it up and y’all should definitely try it out! I use green olives, cucumbers, parsley, cherry tomatoes, and peppers ! And I make my homemade vinaigrette by mixing lemon juice, fresh olive oil and bit of salt! And it tastes amazing! Also the olive oil keeps your salad fresh so u can storage leftovers for the Second day! Forever a classic.
Good, healthy pasta salad.
Tried it and everyone loved it. Changed it a bit. Added red and orange peppers, broccoli, cukes, grape tomatoes and little yellow ones halved, red onion and few green onions, and used mini bowtie pasta. Tossed with Paul Newman Italian dressing. My first pasta salad and it’s a winner!!
I was invited to a potluck and was stressing because I didn’t have much time to prepare or let alone cook a large meal for the event. I came across this recipe and it saved me! I omitted the mushrooms because truthfully I’m not a fan. I decided to also add crumbled garlic and herb feta on top and used a mix of veggie and whole grain rotini. The end result was a wonderful and delicious looking salad. Easy to make large batches of, budget friendly, and an excellent way to incorporate servings of whole grain and vegetables in your diet. This was a winner in my book!
so many compliments , every one took at least a serving home. Did not add mushrooms, but I did add capers
This is one of my favorite pasta salads, and the more veggies, the better, in my opinion. I used Valentine pasta for a fun change of pace.
I had the ingredients on hand so made this for a quick week night meal. So good! I used home made Italian salad dressing and added Salad Supreme as others suggested. Had some spicy salami too so added that. Quick, easy and versatile too. Thanks for sharing!
Such a fresh and healthy , cool summer lunch salad. I added fetta cheese and spinach instead of broccoli, because that is what I had. I made my own dressing of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, infused with fresh herbs from my garden and sea salt. Yummy!
Excellent. Reduce the salad dressing and serve additional on the side. Canned sliced tomatoes make it quicker. Discard the canning juice
Easy to make. Added Feta cheese and used Cherry Tomatoes…..Always find it tastes better if chilled overnight
Easy and fast to make. Boiling the pasta took 15 minutes. In that time I chopped all the veggies and added yellow and orange peppers to make it more colorful . I added feta cheese to my dish, my husband added olives to his. It was good and I think tomorrow it will be better when the flavors can meld.
Great fresh salad for when you just don’t want lettuce. Only thing I left out was the broccoli and it just didn’t even really need it.
I have made this twice. Loved it both times. I left out the mushrooms because of personal preference.
I have made this twice. Loved it both times. I left out the mushrooms because of personal preference.
This was pretty good. I used fat free dressing and whole wheat pasta to make it healthier.
This really is one of those meals you really shouldn’t need a recipe for but I never would have thought to make had it not been for being on here. Thanks for a simple pasta salad recipe.
I make this often, it’s a family favorite. The only thing I do differently is no mushrooms and add cut up mozzarella.
love this recipe…only other thing I add is shrimp! Delish!