EASY Italian Pasta Salad recipe! This vegetarian recipe uses Italian dressing, tri color pasta, fresh cherry tomatoes, celery and arugula! It's the perfect garden Summer salad!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword italian pasta salad, pasta salad recipe, tri color pasta
Prep Time 5minutes
Cook Time 12minutes
Total Time 17minutes
Servings 6
Calories 293kcal
Ingredients
12ozbox of tri color penne pasta
1/2cupItalian Salad Dressing
4stalks of celerychopped up
1pintof cherry or grape tomatoeshalved
1 1/2cuparugula
1tablespoondried basil
1tablespoondried oregano
1/2cupshredded mozzarella
Instructions
Prepare your pasta as directed. Drain.
Put your pasta in a big bowl.
Add your chopped vegetables, salad dressing and dried herbs.
Mix together so everything is coated in salad dressing.
Add in your mozzarella cheese, toss around.
Cover, put in fridge to chill for 2 hours.
Enjoy!
Notes
If your pasta salad looks a little dry when it comes out of the fridge, add a tablespoon of salad dressing and mix.