American-Italian Pasta Salad

Description

Garden veggies with fusilli pasta, Italian Parsley, Genoa salami and creamy Italian dressing makes for a pasta salad that will be a favorite at your next picnic or pot-luck.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package fusilli pasta
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
  • 1 cup frozen petite peas, thawed
  • 2 (2 ounce) cans sliced black olives
  • 1 cup cubed Genoa salami
  • ¾ cup chopped green onions
  • ¾ cup chopped celery
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fusilli and cook
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until tender yet firm to the bite
  4. 10 to 13 minutes.
  5. While the pasta is cooking
  6. whisk together mayonnaise
  7. sour cream
  8. milk and Italian dressing mix in a medium bowl until smooth; set aside.
  9. Drain fusilli
  10. then rinse under cold water and drain again. Transfer to a large salad bowl.
  11. Add thawed peas
  12. salami
  13. green onions
  14. celery
  15. olives
  16. and parsley. Pour in all but 1/2 cup of the reserved dressing and mix until ingredients are well combined. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
  17. When ready to serve
  18. remove pasta salad from the refrigerator. Stir
  19. then add more dressing if it appears dry.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 8 hrs 40 mins

Servings: 20

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