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This Pizza Pasta Salad is great for summer get togethers! It is loaded with pepperoni, tomatoes, olives, mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
We make this pizza pasta salad all the time when we are feeding a crowd, it’s the perfect side dish for BBQ’s and picnics and potlucks. It is also a very kid friendly pasta salad. Dress it up as you would your favorite pizza and you are good to go!
Ingredients in Pizza Pasta Salad
The Secret is in the Dressing
The secret to this is the dressing, you have to get the Bernstein’s Restaurant Recipe Italian Dressing. It is sooo much better than your regular Italian dressings (no, this is NOT a sponsored post– I really do just like it that much). I have been able to find a bottle of it at just about every grocery store I have been to. It is good stuff!
Substitutions and Additions
Feel free to leave any of the ingredients out if you think a family member wouldn’t like it. Our dad won’t do olives so if we know he is going to be eating with us we either make him a batch with no olives or we use whole olives so they are easy to pick out. You can pretty much use any of your favorite pizza toppings as an addition to this recipe, including but not limited to:
Recipe Tip
Drain the pasta and rinse with cold water immediately after cooking. This stops the cooking process and keeps the pasta from getting too soggy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Rinse the pasta in cold water and drain to cool it down before adding other ingredients.
Rinse the pasta in cold water and drain to cool it down before adding other ingredients.
Yes! In fact it is better to cook it the day before so the flavors have time to mesh!
Yes! In fact it is better to cook it the day before so the flavors have time to mesh!
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
Other Delicious Pasta Salads
Making more than one pasta salad or just want some more pasta salad recipe ideas? We’ve go you covered:
Pizza Pasta Salad
We like to put it in a tupperware container with a tight lid and flip it upside down, then right side up a few times while it is chilling to distribute the dressing into the pasta better.
Nutrition Information
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