Easy Italian Pasta Salad

This Easy Italian Pasta Salad takes less than 20 minutes to make and is packed with spiral pasta, fresh broccoli, olives, pepperoni, cheese, and tossed with an Italian dressing. It makes for the perfect side dish for your next cookout or picnic, I promise it's a crowd pleaser!

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Course: Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Italian

Servings:

Calories: 348kcal

Ingredients

16 oz. rotini pasta tricolor
4 cups broccoli cut into small pieces
1 can black olives drained (6oz)
1 can green olives drained (7oz)
8 oz. pepperoni slices cut in half
8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese block, cubed
1 cup Italian dressing

Instructions

Boil the water for the pasta. Don't waste time while you wait for the water to boil, start prepping the other ingredients for the recipe.
Chop your ingredients. Chop the broccoli into small bite size pieces, the cheese into cubes and the pepperoni into half-moons. Once everything is chopped drain the black and green olives.
Cook the pasta. Once the water is boiling add the pasta. Cook until barley al dente. Drain. Then rinse with cold water. Rinsing the pasta helps to stop the cooking process and also prevents the noodles from sticking together.
Toss everything together. In a large bowl, add the cooked pasta and the remaining ingredients, broccoli, black and green olives, pepperoni, cheese, and Italian dressing. Toss until everything is evenly coated.
Chill & Serve. It can be served right away or made ahead of time and refrigerated overnight. Add more dressing if needed as the noodles may soak up the dressing overnight. Perfect for cook outs, potlucks, side dish for grilling or just on its own, the ideas are endless!

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