
This Easy Pasta Salad Recipe is my go to Summer dish. It’s perfect for pot lucks and BBQ’s and easily serves a crowd. Veggies are plentiful during the summer making this a budget friendly side dish. This dish is just bursting with flavor.
Easy Pasta Salad Recipe
There is nothing like fresh veggies in the Summer. I love using them for this simple pasta salad recipe. It’s so forgiving and you can use what you have and omit what you don’t. This is so simple and truly the best pasta salad recipe. We love serving this with grilled chicken. Yum!
Let’s get started!

Ingredients:
- 1 box (16 oz) pasta
- 1 cup Italian dressing
- 1 large cucumber, sliced and quartered
- 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup pepperoni cut into quarters
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
How to make The Best Salad Recipe:
Heat a large stockpot of water to a boiling and cook pasta according to package directions. When pasta is cooked to your liking, drain and immediately rinse with cold water until pasta is cool.
Mix cucumbers, tomatoes, pepperoni and red onion together in a large bowl with pasta. Pour in dressing and mix well.
Refrigerate for about an hour or overnight until ready to serve. I like to keep it in a glass Rubbermaid storage container. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
Try this Easy Pasta Salad Recipe today!
This recipe is amazing and truly is the most simple pasta salad recipe ever! It comes together quickly and is budget friendly. If you need a dish to feed a crowd, this recipe will not disappoint!
We also love Easy Vegetarian Lasagna. Even my meat loving kids, enjoy it!
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Take a look at this Easy Pasta Salad Recipe. It is the most simple pasta salad recipe ever and it feeds a crowd. The best pasta salad recipe is so easy.
- (1) 16 oz. box of pasta
- 1 cup Italian dressing
- 1 large cucumber (sliced and quartered)
- 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1/2 cup pepperoni (cut into quarters)
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
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Heat a large stockpot of water to a boiling and cook pasta according to package directions.
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When pasta is cooked to your liking, drain and immediately rinse with cold water until pasta is cool.
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Mix cucumbers, tomatoes, pepperoni and red onion together in a large bowl with pasta. Pour in dressing and mix well.
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Refrigerate for about an hour or overnight until ready to serve. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
If you need a dish to feed a crowd, give this recipe a try!
You might also like Italian Pasta Salad Recipe. It’s so easy to fix and budget friendly. The pasta salad is loaded with yummy veggies, pasta, Italian dressing and more!
Try these other Summer Salad Recipes:
- Quick & Easy Cucumber Tomato Salad Recipe
- Cesar Salad Dressing Recipe
- Perfectly Crispy Kale Chips
- Cucumber & Onion Salad
- Red, White and Blue Fruit Salad
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