Simple Tasty Pasta Salad

Simple Tasty Pasta Salad
  • 1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
  • 4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
  • 1/2 green bell pepper, minced
  • 1/4 red onion, minced
  • 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
  • 1 (16 ounce) bottle zesty lite Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
  • 1 (2.5 ounce) package bacon bits
  • 1/2 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste


  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool; drain.
  2. Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
  3. Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.
  4. Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.

04/07/2018
Simple Tasty Pasta Salad, recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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