Recipe: Appetizing Summertime Pasta Salad

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Summertime Pasta Salad. Pasta salad is on the menu in a big way this summer. Not content with mere side dish status, the best pasta salads are busting out main-dish moves with bold tastes and textures. Take a look at some of our favorite main dish pasta salad recipes to make this summer.

Summertime Pasta Salad In a large kettle, cook pasta according to package directions. Pour cooked pasta and water over vegetables to thaw; rinse and drain well. In a small bowl or jar with tight-fitting lid, combine salad dressings, dill and garlic salt until smooth. You can have Summertime Pasta Salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Summertime Pasta Salad

  1. Prepare 1 box (16 ounce) of your favorite pasta.
  2. It's of Salt for boiling water.
  3. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper.
  4. Prepare 1 tablespoon of garlic powder.
  5. Prepare 1 tablespoon of parsley flakes.
  6. Prepare 1 of zucchini, peeled and cut into cubes.
  7. You need 1/2 of red onion, chopped.
  8. Prepare 1 of red pepper, chopped.
  9. It's 1 can (4.25 ounce) of black olives.
  10. Prepare 1 bottle (16 ounce) of Greek dressing.

Place pasta mixture in a large bowl. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. That's where summer pasta salad comes into play. Because who doesn't love pasta salad?

Summertime Pasta Salad instructions

  1. Bring pasta to a boil..... Don’t forget to salt your water!!.
  2. Drain pasta, rinse in cold water and return to pot after draining thoroughly.......
  3. Add to pasta your black pepper, garlic powder, parsley flakes, zucchini, red onion, red pepper, black olives and Greek dressing, stir thoroughly.......
  4. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight, stirring occasionally.....Serve and enjoy 😉!.

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