Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad
Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, taisen's semi italian pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pasta salad filled with veggies, cheese, and seasoning. Very tasty and versatile – is great to make ahead. But the healthful fat also soaks into the bread cubes and renders them semi-waterproof, or dressing-proof.

Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have taisen's semi italian pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad:
  1. Take 1 can black pitted olives sliced or leave whole
  2. Prepare 3-4 vine tipe tomatoes sliced into bite size pieces (you can use any kind of tomato)
  3. Prepare 1 packages mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes or however you like (I buy the round one from Aldi's)
  4. Get 1/2-1 block mozzarella cheese, cubed
  5. Take 1 packages sliced pepperoni (cut into fours, I cut them in half and then half again)
  6. Take 1 large cucumber (cut into fours or whichever size you want)
  7. Take 1 box any kind of pasta noodles
  8. Get 1 medium or small onion, diced (sweet or red, your choice)
  9. Take 1 packages regular ham, honey ham or any other ham cut into bite size pieces
  10. Take 1 bottle Italian dressing (you can use regular or zesty)

Made with rotini pasta, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, black olives, feta cheese in Italian dressing. Easy Italian Pasta Salad takes just minutes to make and can be eaten right away or refrigerated. My Favorite Pasta Salad - Easy And Perfect For Summer Gatherings. I was inspired to make this because I went on a Salami Bender* after the Salami Cream Cheese Roll I shared a couple of weeks ago.

Steps to make Taisen's semi Italian pasta salad:
  1. Boil your pasta noodles until done. Remove from heat, drain and let cool. You don't have to use the entire box. I didn't. I used maybe half or a bit over half.
  2. While the noodles cool, start prepping the rest of the ingredients.
  3. Open and drain black olives. Slice them length wise, in half or leave whole. Your choice.
  4. Rinse off the tomatoes, and slice into bite size or you can use grape tomatoes.
  5. Rinse, peel and slice your cucumber into bite size pieces.
  6. Slice up your block of mozzarella cheese into small bite sizes. Slice your soft round mozzarella into thin slices or however you like.
  7. Take your ham and chop it up into pieces or into long thin lengths. I used deli ham.
  8. Chop up your onion if using onion.
  9. For the pepperoni, you can leave them sliced as is or cut up. I cut mine into fours.
  10. When the noodles are cool, add some of the Italian dressing. Mix. Start adding in everything that you chopped and sliced. Mix well. You don't have to use the entire bottle.
  11. Cover with plastic wrap and set in the fridge for at least an hour. Enjoy ;)

This Italian dressing is one of my all time favourite Pasta Salad Dressings. Dried herbs, garlic, vinegar, olive oil, a touch of sugar, pinch of red. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water if you stick to a simple formula, use a smart pasta cooling trick, and a flavorful dressing. Remember that the pasta will plump as it cooks, and you want pasta salad to have a generous combination of pasta and vegetables in each bite. The Best Italian Pasta Salad Recipe, hands down.

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