Easy Pasta Salad is filling and delicious along with being super simple to make! This is a terrific homemade recipe for potlucks and picnics.
I often refer to this recipe as ‘clean out the fridge’ pasta salad because you can put any vegetable, deli meat, or pickle vegetable you want to in it.


Easy Pasta Salad




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Easy Pasta Salad
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 1 lb pasta boiled and drained, I like using fun shapes but any will do
- 1 envelope Italian salad dressing seasoning Good Seasons mixed according to package
- ¼ cup yellow bell pepper diced small
- ¼ cup red bell pepper diced small
- 2 Tablespoons jalapeno pepper diced small
- 2 Tablespoons green onions green part only, sliced
- 2 Tablespoons McCormick Salad Supreme seasoning
- ½ cup shoe peg corn drained (or your favorite vegetable)
- ½ cup black beans drained (or your favorite vegetable)
- ½ cup tomatoes diced (or your favorite vegetable)
Instructions
- Boil pasta and drain. Mix together Italian dressing according to package instructions using good olive oil.
- Mix pasta, peppers, onions, corn, and black beans. Stir in Salad Supreme seasoning and Italian dressing.
- Allow this to sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Stir in tomatoes just before serving. I like to serve in a Romaine lettuce leaf.
Nutrition
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Gen says
I love the sort of Southwestern twist here with beans, corn, and peppers! Lovely recipe – thank you.
Glenda says
Love, love, love this pasta salad with some spicy kick! Will be making this one regularly, Thank you!
Slice of Southern says
Another great dish! Love the peppers in this. Thanks for sharing on Southern Sundays! Have a great week!
Heather (GurleeGirrl) says
Yay! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I'm a lover of all pasta salads and always looking for something different!
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