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Categories: American Classics, Comfort Food, Dinner, Game Day, Kid Friendly, Labor Day Weekend, Lunch, Make Ahead, Party Foods, Pasta, Picnics, Salads, Side Dishes, Summer Fun, The Lazy Way To Cook, Week Nights, Weekend Fun
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Tags: Basic Herbed Salad Dresshing, Carrots, Celery, Cheddar Cheese, Cilantro, Comfort Food, Corkscrew Pasta, Cucumber, Dinner, Game Day, Green Olives, Green Onions, Kid Friendly, Kosher Salt, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, Lunch, Make Ahead, Olive Oil, Party Foods, Pasta, Pasta Salad, Pepper, Pepperoncini Peppers, Picnic Salad, Picnics, Refrigerate, Salads, Side Dishes, Sopressata, Summer Fun, Summertime, The Lazy Way To Cook, Tomato, Victoria Hart Glavin, Week Nights, Weekend Fun, Yellow Bell Pepper
My Picnic Perfect Pasta Salad has a delicious flavor and is one of my favorite summertime classics. This pasta salad contains no mayonnaise which is why it’s picnic perfect!
INGREDIENTS
8 Ounces Corkscrew Pasta
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Diced Tomato
1/4 Cup Diced Yellow Bell Pepper
1/4 Cup Diced Cucumber
1/4 Cup Diced Carrots
1/4 Cup Diced Celery
1/4 Cup Diced Green Onions
1/4 Cup Chopped Green Olives
1/4 Cup Chopped Cilantro
1/4 Cup Chopped Sopressata
1/4 Cup Diced Cheddar Cheese
1/8 Cup Diced Pepperoncini Peppers
1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper
1 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 Cup Basic Herbed Salad Dressing
Cook the pasta according to the package directions. Drain the pasta and add 1 tablespoon to the drained pasta. Do NOT rinse the pasta. Place the pasta in a large bowl. Combine the tomato, yellow bell pepper, cucumber, carrots, celery, green onions, green olives, sopressata, cheddar cheese, pepperoncini peppers, kosher salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and basic herbed salad dressing. Mix well, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Serves 6