Easy Creamy Pasta Salad - Easy and delicious creamy pasta salad recipe perfect for weeknight meals, BBQ's and weekend potlucks! This is a family favorite and has become our go to pasta salad recipe.
Course salads, Sides
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 9 minutesminutes
Total Time 24 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Author Rob
Ingredients
1lbrotini pastaor pasta of your choice
1 orange pepper,cleaned and chopped
1red pepper, cleaned and chopped
½small red onion, chopped
½english cucumber, quartered and sliced
12black olives, sliced
For The Dressing
½cupextra virgin olive oil
½ cup red wine vinegar
1tbspsugar
1tbsporegano
1tspgarlic powder
2tbspmayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Mix together dressing first and set aside making sure sugar is dissolved completely.Cook pasta according to box directions. I like mine al dente. While pasta is cooking cut the vegetables for the pasta salad and place them in a med- large bowl. Large enough to mix the pasta salad.When pasta is cooked drain pasta well and rinse under cold water. Add pasta the vegetables . Mix together. Then pour dressing over pasta a little at a time. You may find you like your pasta salad with a little less dressing. You can always add more. Toss pasta salad as your pouring the dressing. We normally chill the pasta salad for a few hours and sometimes overnight. This recipe can easily be doubled or add more vegetables!