My Mom's Summer Pasta Salad. My mom has been making this summer pasta salad recipe for as long as I can remember. It's my go-to potluck dish for summer get togethers and a This summer pasta salad is super easy and just has a few ingredients. A few fresh vegetables, olives and a premade dressing.

I love pasta salad but never really made my own until this recipe. Since making the original recipe I have View image. Summer Pasta Salad II. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. You can cook My Mom's Summer Pasta Salad using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of My Mom's Summer Pasta Salad

It's 1/2 box of Rotini noodles, (I used tri-colored) cooked as instructed on box. Do not overcook!.
You need 1 cup of Chopped tomato.
You need 1 cup of Sliced green olives.
It's 1 cup of Sliced black olives.
It's 1 cup of Diced celery.
Prepare 3/4 cup of Chopped onion (more or less, as desired) If you prefer, you can leave it out..
Prepare 1 cup of Your favorite Italian dressing.*** Add more if desired!.
Prepare 2 of Packets of Splenda or 4 tsp. sugar.
Prepare 1 of Fresh ground black pepper to taste!.

Summer Macaroni Salad Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Whenever I make macaroni salad, regardless of the ingredients, I use Ken's Lite Northern Italian salad dressing instead of mayonnaise. Cook pasta according to pkg. directions. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool.

My Mom's Summer Pasta Salad step by step

Boil your noodles as directed on box. Do not overcook! Drain..
Add veggies to pasta in large bowl..
Add Italian dressing and Splenda or sugar and ground pepper..
Mix well, chill and enjoy!.
Add more dressing the next day as needed, if put in the fridge overnight!.

Toss in all chopped ingredients you have in with pasta. My mother makes this macaroni salad all summer long. She whipped up a batch earlier this week and I think I ate half of the bowl. I have always warmed up my pasta salad. I find that brings out the flavors in all the vegetables.