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Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad Recipe

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Tackle gatherings to go with a bright pasta salad. This tricolor toss-up with broccoli, tomatoes, olives and a hardworking dressing is the easiest one you could take. —Amanda Cable, Boxford, Massachusetts

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Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 14 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (12 ounces) tricolor spiral pasta
4 cups fresh broccoli florets
1 pint grape tomatoes
1 can (6 ounces) pitted ripe olives, drained
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1-1/2 cups Italian salad dressing with roasted red pepper and Parmesan

Directions

In a Dutch oven, cook pasta according to package directions, adding the broccoli during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain and rinse in cold water.
Transfer to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, olives, salt and pepper. Drizzle with salad dressing; toss to coat. Chill until serving. Yield: 14 servings (3/4 cup each).

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 149 calories, 4 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 513 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad in Simple & Delicious October/November 2011, p38

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Reviewed on May. 24, 2013 by 731pat

Quick, easy and good

Reviewed on May. 20, 2013 by lindas1558

Have been making a similar salad for years. Instead of broccoli & black olives, I use Greek olives, small mozzarella balls, and mini pepperoni with the tomatoes.

Reviewed on May. 18, 2013 by deckerroad

I make this often for dinners at church. My family aren't broccoli eaters, so I use onion, green pepper, grape tomatoes, and black olives. I also add sliced pepperoni, cut in half, and shredded parmesan if I have it.

Reviewed on May. 18, 2013 by bevbailey

I use tomatoes, cucumbers and onion in mine, but you could use any number of ingredients to suit your taste....good and easy

Reviewed on May. 18, 2013 by Cook_aholic

Had to change because of the sodium content. I only put half the olives and I used a low sodium Italian dressing. I really like the idea of cheese and ham chunks. Could just make my low sodium family member push those aside!

Reviewed on May. 18, 2013 by Cheryl415

I make this pasta a little different. I take out the broccoli and olives. I use the pasta, grape tomatoes (cut in half), chucks of ham and chunks of cheese. You can buy those already in chucks in your dairy section. I use the Italian dressing also. I love this recipe. So fast and easy.

Reviewed on May. 17, 2013 by Marthafinley79

Easy and yummy. I used only 1 cup of dressing and shredded parm cheese

Reviewed on May. 23, 2012 by LBTOTMAN

I needed a recipe for a Wednesday night church supper to compliment hamburgers and baked beans. This was it! I've had several ask if I would share the recipe. The only thing I would do different is add a bit of chopped red onion. Enjoy!