Simple Tasty Pasta Salad
"I wanted to try something different from the average pasta salads I've had. So I decided to experiment and thankfully everyone loved it! Feel free use more or less of any of the ingredients according to your palate."
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Served Person: 4
white meat free
tree nut free
nut free
contains gluten
contains red meat
shellfish free
contains pasta
dairy free
- 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
- Carbohydrate 7.07370625 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0.2878375 g
- Fiber 1.91506256081164 g
- Protein 1.375825 g
- Saturated Fat 0.0430675 g
- Serving Size 1 1 serving (159g)
- Sodium 8.25125 mg
- Sugar 5.15864368918836 g
- Trans Fat 0.0941375 g
- Calories 32 calories
Directions 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. Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl. Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.
