Description
This is the best pasta salad I have had. A friend at work gave me the recipe and I always get compliments whenever I make it.
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
- 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 2 cucumbers – peeled, seeded, and diced
- 1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives
- ½ cup Italian dressing, or more to taste
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 squeeze lemon juice
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes. Drain and let cool
- 10 to 15 minutes.
- Mix rotini pasta
- tomatoes
- cucumbers
- olives
- Italian dressing
- Parmesan cheese
- salt
- and pepper together in a large bowl. Chill until flavors combine
- about 1 hour.
- Toss avocado with lemon juice in a bowl. Mix into the pasta salad before serving.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 13 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 38 mins
Servings: 8