Pizza Pasta Salad

by Bob Sassone, Posted Mar 29th 2008 @ 1:04PM

penne pasta You ever have one of those days when you're not sure what you want to have to eat? You're trying to decide between pizza or maybe pasta or maybe go the healthy route and have a salad. Well, now you don't have to decide.

This recipe for Pizza Pasta Salad has everything: you have your penne pasta, your tomatoes, your pepperoni, your salami, your mozzarella cheese, even Italian salad dressing and Parmesan cheese. Sounds like a recipe that you can experiment with.

(OK, it's not the healthy salad route mentioned above but it sounds pretty good.)

Pizza Pasta Salad

3 cups penne pasta (cooked according to box directions, drained and rinsed)
4 chopped tomatoes
1/4lb. pepperoni slices (cut in half)
12 slices hard salami (cut into bite sized pieces)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
oregano (sprinkled to your taste)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 to 3/4 cup Italian salad dressing

Cook and drain pasta according to box directions--rinse under cold water and drain. Add drained pasta, hard salami pieces, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and 1/2 cup Italian dressing--stir and toss to coat. Add oregano--stir and toss to coat. Add chopped tomatoes--stir and toss. If it seems too dry add more Italian dressing. Refrigerate.

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Tags: pepperoni, pizza pasta salad, salad dressing, salads, soup, tomatoes