Julie's Italian Pasta Salad
"I came up with this for a wedding Saturday, and all the guests loved it. Stir the dressing into the pasta immediately after draining. Best made ahead."
Original is 10 servings
Ingredients
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- FOR REMAINING INGREDIENTS
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (153.3 g)
- Calories 277.1
- Total Fat - 14.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.2 g
- Cholesterol - 27.3 mg
- Sodium - 1513.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 30.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.9 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 8.5 g
- Calcium - 166 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Add salt to water and bring to a boil. Add pasta and fully cook. (Al dente isn't enough.)
Step 2
Meanwhile, combine dressing ingredients in food processor or blender. Add to pasta immediately after draining.
Step 3
Wait until pasta has cooled before adding remaining ingredients.
Step 4
For the wedding, I made double batches, stored in 2 gallon jumbo ziplock bags, pressed flat and stacked up in the fridge. Makes it easy to transfer to icechest for transport.
Tips
No special items needed.