Quick + Easy Pasta Salad

Looking for a quick and easy pasta salad recipe? This pasta salad is the perfect mix of vegetables, pasta and zesty homemade dressing.

There is one thing that I love that I don’t make nearly often enough and it’s pasta salad. If I go to a party and there is a bowl of pasta salad, it’s legitimately the first thing I go for. So why do I never make it? I wish I knew! It’s so good. I saw someone eating something similiar on Instagram the other day and decided to make some of my own. Let me tell you something — it was all I could have dreamed of…and more.

If you’re looking for an easy pasta salad recipe, today’s post is for you!

Quick + Easy Pasta Salad

I took only one photo, so no fancy styling (sorry!), but two things worth noting about this: 1. It made a ton, even with two adults eating it for dinner. There were two containers of leftovers. 2. I’m not a huge leftovers person, but I ate this for 3 days without hesitation and it was delicious. It didn’t get gross!

Also worth noting, I used what I had on hand. If I were to make this again, I might add little pieces of broccoli, more peppers, or carrots.

To make this easy pasta salad, you will need:

1 box of whatever pasta you have (Banza works well in this!)

1 red pepper, diced

1 small cucumber, hollowed and diced

1 small zucchini, hollowed and diced

1/4 cup diced red onion

10-15 mini mozz balls, chopped

sliced pepperoni (however much you like!)

For the dressing you will need:

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup olive oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp basil

1. Cook your pasta and let it cool completely.

2. Chop up all your veggies, mozz, and pepperoni and put it in a large bowl. 

3. Mix in pasta.

4. Whisk all your dressing ingredients together and pour over your pasta mix.

5. Mix together and enjoy!

If you liked this post, you might also enjoy Salad Pizza or Italian Panzanella Salad