Italian spaghetti pasta salad. Just like dust bunnies and crumbs dropped and forgotten (or ignored?) in the corners of the kitchen, there's always a few in the room. This spaghetti salad has two main components: the cold pasta salad itself and the homemade Italian dressing it's coated in. Our Italian spaghetti salad recipe (sometimes called California spaghetti salad or just spaghetti pasta salad) is full of delicious flavor!

Spaghetti, bacon, celery, onion, bell pepper, olives and tomatoes tossed with salad seasoning, Italian dressing and Parmesan and served cold. In a large saucepan, cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile in a large salad bowl, add the cheese, pepperoni, ham, green pepper, tomato, onion, cucumber and olives. You can have Italian spaghetti pasta salad using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian spaghetti pasta salad

1. You need 1 lbs of box spaghetti.
2. It's 2 of cucumbers cut.
3. Prepare half of Grape or cherry tomatoes cut in.
4. Prepare of Small can of black olives drained.
5. Prepare 1 of red bell pepper cut in bite size pieces.
6. You need Half of a red onion cut in small pieces.
7. It's 1 bag of mini pepperoni optional or can the the regular size pepperoni in half, that’s what I do.
8. You need of Dressing.
9. You need 1 tsp of pepper.
10. It's 2 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of sugar.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of kosher salt.
13. You need 1 tsp of garlic minced.
14. It's 1/2 cup of red wine vinegar.
15. You need 1 cup of olive oil.
16. It's of I like to use store Italian dressing to save time.

This a a spaghetti salad recipe with Italian dressing, and other fresh garden ingredients. These are our favorite ingredients that go into a spaghetti salad: Pasta - use spaghetti. Veggies - green pepper, red pepper, cucumbers, red onion, cherry tomatoes - add your favorites! This Italian Spaghetti Pasta Salad Recipe has all the flavors of Italy in one bowl.

Italian spaghetti pasta salad step by step

1. Cook box of spaghetti, drain, Cool off pasta by running cold water over it when still in colander. put cooked spaghetti in a big bowl,chill in refrigerator for 15-20 mins..
2. Add the cut veggies to the chilled cooked spaghetti and mix well..
3. Make dressing or can skip this step and use Italian dressing. Add all dressing ingredients to a bowl, add wet ingredients and mix well..
4. Add dressing to spaghetti mixture, and the pepperoni mix well.
5. Chill in the fridge for four hours or over night. (this is good just chilled at 2 hrs).
6. Add some parmesan cheese right before serving and some black pepper. mix up before serving.Enjoy 😉.
7. Notes- I didn’t have all the veggies on hand so I used what I had, and I add some salami, I left out Black olives because Iam not a big fan of them... use what you have, peppers, would be good in this.(This would be a good dish to make if you have a lot of veggies or leftover veggies from other recipe / veggies that need to be used before they go bad.) you can put anything in this really make it our own love to see photos of what you come up with..
8. Link to the video that I got my inspiration from for this awesome recipe. https://youtu.be/1eS_UBr-68g.

And here it is: my Italian Spaghetti Pasta Salad! This dish has it all: spaghetti, pepperoni, black olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and Parmesan, all topped with a zesty Italian dressing. Everyone always loves this cold Italian Pasta Salad recipe made with a simple homemade Italian dressing, rotini noodles, tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, pepperoni or hard salami, onion, and pepperoncini. It's the perfect pasta salad recipe to serve as a side for a BBQ or potluck. Italian pasta salad is made with fresh vegetables, cheese, salami, and a vinaigrette are tossed with your favorite pasta to create an perfect dish for This Italian Pasta Salad recipe is a really fun twist on a classic pasta salad because it's loaded with so many goodies.