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.
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Easy Pasta Salad
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I love pasta salad, but not the kind all dripping with mayonnaise. I like them oil-based. I’ve tried many different spice combinations and find that there is none I like better than the McCormick Salad Seasoning blend. This recipe is a great side during the hot weather. You could easily add grilled chicken for a main dish.
Italian dressing
Boil pasta and drain
This seasoning blend has everything
Chop green onions, red and yellow peppers
Add seasoning to vegetables and pasta
Add Italian dressing and stir gently
Drain corn and black beans and add with chopped tomatoes just before serving
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Easy Pasta Salad
Easy Pasta Salad is a terrific homemade recipe for potlucks and picnics. It's hearty, filling and economical to make!
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 160kcal
Ingredients
- 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.
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Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 193IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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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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