Tortellini Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is super easy to make. It is full of fresh veggies, fresh mozzarella cheese, salami, and is dressed with a light lemony vinaigrette. You can even customize the ingredients in this dish by replacing certain ingredients with others or by adding even more to the dish.
Ingredients
Pasta Salad
- 20 oz. uncooked cheese tortellini (not frozen)
- 12 fresh mozzarella balls halved
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 broccoli stalk cut into small florets
- 1/2 pound hard salami cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup whole pitted black olives
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1 small cucumber diced
- fresh basil for garnish
Vinaigrette
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon juiced
Instructions
- First, cook the tortellini following the instructions on the package. Drain and set aside to cool.
- Next, get a large bowl that will fit all of your ingredients including the tortellini.
- Prepare all of the fresh ingredients by chopping, dicing, or cutting those that need to be broken down into smaller pieces.
- Place all of the vinaigrette's ingredients into a mason jar and shake together well.
- In the large bowl, mix together the tortellini, fresh veggies, cheese, and salami with the vinaigrette. (You may not need to use all of the vinaigrette, use your best judgment. I set aside some of the vinaigrette for people to add to their individual dish in case they wanted more on the pasta salad.)
- Place some fresh basil on top to garnish. Enjoy!