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Best Recipe for Quick Italian Pasta Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
  • 3/4 pound Italian salami, finely diced
  • 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1/2 red onion, chopped
  • 1 cup Italian-style salad dressing
  • 1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives
  • 8 ounces small fresh mozzarella balls (ciliegine)
  • 3 (.7 ounce) packages dry Italian-style salad dressing mix, or to taste
  • 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and rinse with cold water until cool.
  2. Combine pasta, salami, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, salad dressing, olives, and mozzarella cheese in a large bowl. Mix dry salad dressing into pasta; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

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