I wanted to try something different from the average pasta salads I’ve had. So I decided to experiment and thankfully everyone loved it! Feel free use more or less of any of the ingredients according to your palate.
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
- 4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, minced
- 1/4 red onion, minced
- 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
- 1 (16 ounce) bottle zesty lite Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
- 1 (2.5 ounce) package bacon bits
- 1/2 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste
Directions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool; drain.
- Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
- Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.
- Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.