Recipe Loaded Pasta Salad

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Loaded Pasta Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients:

112g Barilla® Cellentani Pasta
1 C. pitted Black Olives, drained and halved
1 C. Manzanilla Olives, drained
½ C. each chopped Onions, Carrots, Celery and Sweet Bell Peppers
½ lb. Hard Salami, sliced thick-ish and halved
⅓ - ½ C. Parmesan Cheese, grated
¼ + Olive Garden Original Salad Dressing (use any Italian-style or Vinaigrette you like)
¼ C. Flat Leaf Parsley, rough chopped
freshly ground Black Pepper to taste

Method:

Cook the Pasta in salted water for 14 minutes (past al dente)
Drain and run under cold water to cool the Pasta down
Combine everything in a large bowl
Cover and refrigerate for a day

To Serve:

Give the Pasta Salad a good stir, does it need some more Salad Dressing? More grated Cheese? How about some Pepper?
This makes for a wonderful Entrée Salad served with a Chopped Salad under the Pasta. The more veggies the better is what we say.

Cook's Note:

To me, everything is "to taste" really, if it needs more or less of something, that's fine, I pretty much eyeball it.
Use any sort of Pasta you prefer. I've even made this with Cheese Tortellini, delicious!