Easy Spaghetti Pasta Salad
Easy Spaghetti Pasta Salad combines spaghetti noodles, vegetables, mozzarella cheese and Italian dressing for the perfect easy summer pasta salad! It's a super simple cold pasta salad recipe for summer gatherings or a light meal!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 16 ounces spaghetti
- ½ cup red onion, thinly sliced
- 8 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 6 ounces black olives, sliced
- 8 ounces mozzarella pearls
- 6 ounces pepperoni, cut into halves
- 16 ounces Italian dressing
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain well but do not rinse. Place the cooked spaghetti in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to cool.
- Prepare ingredients: dice the red bell pepper and cucumber, thinly slice the red onion, halve the cherry or grape tomatoes, halve the pepperoni slices, and drain the olives.
- Combine the chilled spaghetti noodles with the red onion, tomatoes, red bell pepper, cucumbers, black olives, mozzarella pearls, and pepperoni, then toss with Italian dressing.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.