Italian Pasta Salad

Summer time is salad time, and this pasta salad with cheese, salami and vegetables has everything it needs for a cool dinner on a hot night.  It’s best eaten outside on a warm evening, maybe with a half of a grilled cheese sandwich on the side.  Pasta salad for dinner means it’s really summer at last.  Lately we’ve taken to eating by the pool, followed by either a lazy dip or a relaxing fire in the fire pit, depending on the weather.  Of course a fire just isn’t fun without roasted marshmallows and s’mores, but eat your dinner first.  Italian pasta salad, a dinner that leaves time for dessert.

Italian Pasta Salad

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Servings: 8

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1/4 lb. sliced salami cut into bite sized pieces
• 8 oz. Mozzarella cheese cubed
• 1 cucumber peeled and cubed
• 1 medium tomato cubed
• 1 green pepper cubed
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 medium can sliced black olives
• 1/2 cup Italian salad dressing or to taste

Method

 

1. Cool the noodles by tossing them in a colander with ice cubes.
2. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, adding salad dressing gradually until everything is lightly coated.
3. Serve chilled.