Italian Combo Pasta Salad

Italian Combo Pasta Salad

Side Dish

Italian Combo Pasta Salad is the perfect summer side dish made with all the delicious flavors of your favorite sandwich combined with bowtie pasta in a creamy mayonnaise based dressing.

Ingredients

  • 1 poundbow tie pasta, cooked in salted water and cooled
  • ½ cupsalami, diced
  • ½ cuppepperoni, diced
  • ½ cupham, diced
  • 8 ozfresh mozzarella pearls, drained from liquid
  • ¼ cupred onion, diced
  • ½ cupbanana peppers, sliced
  • 2tbs olive oil
  • 1 cupparmesan cheese, freshly grated
  • pepper to taste
  • 1tbs italian seasoning
  • 1 ¼ cupmayonnaise
  • 3tbs red wine vinegar
  • 1tbs garlic powder
  • 1tbs onion powder
  • 1 tspred pepper flakes
  • 1tbs italian seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    In a large bowl, add the cooked and cooled pasta, chopped salami, ham, pepperoni, mozzarella pearls, red onion and banana peppers.

  2. 2

    Drizzle the top with olive oil and toss everything together.

  3. 3

    Add the Parmesan cheese, black pepper and Italian seasoning. Stir it all together.

  4. 4

    In a separate bowl, mix together the ingredients for the dressing and pour it over the pasta salad.

  5. 5

    Finally, toss everything together until the pasta is evenly coated in the dressing. Garnish with fresh parsley (optional) and enjoy.