Salad - Garden rotini pasta salad recipe
It's a cold pasta salad that's made with rotini, tomatoes, cucumbers and a light homemade oil and vinegar dressing. A light and refreshing pasta salad with veggies, seasonings and Italian dressing, it's so good...enjoy!
Easy Pasta Salad {with fresh Veggies}

The perfect easy shortcut pasta salad! Loaded with veggies and parmesan and finished off with a zesty dressing. This is a classic, go-to summer side dish.
Provided by: Jaclyn
Total time: 45 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 10
Provided by: Jaclyn
Total time: 45 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 10
Ingredients:
- 1 (12 oz) box tri-color rotini pasta
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, (halved)
- 1 1/2 cups diced English cucumber
- 1 1/2 cups tiny chopped broccoli florets
- 1 cup chopped yellow bell pepper
- 1 cup olives, (sliced)
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced baby carrots
- 1/3 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 1/3 cups bottled Italian salad dressing ((I prefer Kraft with this recipe))
Nutrition:
- Calories: 322 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 44 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 4 mg
- Sodium: 773 mg
- Fiber: 4 g
- Sugar: 9 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Cook pasta according to package instructions to al dente but do not season water with salt (the dressing has plenty). Drain and rinse under cold water.
- Pour pasta into a bowl, add tomatoes, broccoli, bell pepper, olives, cucumber, carrots, red onion and parmesan.
- Pour dressing over and toss to evenly coat.
- Cover and chill at least 30 minutes (or up to 1 day). Add a little more dressing if needed.
THE ULTIMATE ROTINI PASTA SALAD RECIPE
Check Out My Amazon Storehttps://www.amazon.com/shop/islandvibecookingHOW TO MAKE
Duration: 7:02
Garden Rotini Pasta Salad

Fresh and delicious vegetable packed pasta salad.
Provided by: Aryn
Total time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Cuisine: American,Dinner,Salad,Side dish
Number of ingredients: 15
Provided by: Aryn
Total time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Cuisine: American,Dinner,Salad,Side dish
Number of ingredients: 15
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
How to cook:
- 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!
Garden Rotini Pasta Salad Recipe

A light and refreshing pasta salad with veggies, seasonings and Italian dressing, it's so good...enjoy!
Provided by: á-9102
Total time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 10
Provided by: á-9102
Total time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 10
Ingredients:
- 1 box garden rotini pasta
- 1 large bottle zesty Italian salad dressing
- 1 bottle salad seasonings
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 each..red, yellow and orange bell pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 large purple/red onion
- 1 1/2 bunches of broccoli
- 1 head cauliflower
- 1 small bag peeled baby carrots
How to cook:
- Boil pasta.
- While pasta is boiling, chop veggies into bite size pieces, place in large bowl.
- Drain and rinse pasta, add to veggies.
- Add seasonings and dressing.
- Mix well and enjoy!
Garden Pasta Salad

This garden pasta salad is easy to make and comes together quickly. It's a cold pasta salad that's made with rotini, tomatoes, cucumbers and a light homemade oil and vinegar dressing.
Provided by: Elizabeth
Total time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 9
Provided by: Elizabeth
Total time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 9
Ingredients:
- 12 ounces Tricolor Rotini Pasta (cooked to package directions for al-dente)
- ½ teaspoon Salt (or to taste, plus 1 tablespoon for the pasta water (we use kosher salt))
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 Garlic Clove (grated or minced finely)
- ¼ teaspoon Dried Oregano
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper (or to taste)
- 2 Large Tomatoes (seeded and diced)
- 1 Cucumber (peeled, seeded, quartered and cut into slices)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 306 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 45 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Sodium: 166 mg
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugar: 3 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Cook the tricolor rotini pasta to package directions for al-dente, remember to salt the water. When the pasta is done, drain and allow it to cool.
- Cut the cucumber and the tomatoes into bite sized pieces. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Make the dressing - In a small jar, or a container with a tight fitting lid, add the extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, grated garlic, dried oregano salt and black pepper. Cover the container and shake vigorously to mix.
- Make the garden pasta salad - In a large bowl combine the pasta, tomatoes, cucumbers, and the dressing. Toss the pasta salad gently to combine the ingredients well.
- Try the garden pasta salad, and add salt to taste, only if needed.
- Refrigerate the pasta salad until ready to serve.