Description
This Italian pasta salad is the perfect portable meal for after school sports, lunchboxes, picnics or potlucks. It also makes an easy weeknight side dish recipe! Made with cubes of beef salami, mozzarella, artichoke hearts and veggies, the whole salad is tossed in a bright and flavorful red wine vinaigrette.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound bowtie pasta (or any short cut pasta of choice)
- 8 ounces hard beef salami, cut in small cubes
- 8 ounces mozzarella, cut in small cubes
- 1 cup marinated artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
- 1 cup red onion, diced
- 1 cup red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup parsley, minced
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Step 1: Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain, rinse and set aside.
- Step 2: While pasta is cooking, whisk the red wine vinaigrette in a small bowl and set aside.
- Step 3: In a large bowl, combine the cooked pasta with all of the pasta salad ingredients (beef salami through parsley) then toss in the red wine vinaigrette. Check for seasoning and add additional salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Pasta Salad, Side Dish
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American, Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 923 mg
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 49 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 21 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg