SIMPLE TASTY PASTA SALAD

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I wanted to try something different from the average pasta salads I've had. So I decided to experiment and thankfully everyone loved it! Feel free use more or less of any of the ingredients according to your palate.

Provided by agirlygirl (OClancy)

Categories Salad 100+ Pasta Salad Recipes Rotini Pasta Salad Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered
1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
½ green bell pepper, minced
¼ red onion, minced
1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
1 (16 ounce) bottle zesty lite Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
1 (2.5 ounce) package bacon bits
½ (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool; drain.
Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.
Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 678 calories, Carbohydrate 96.6 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Fat 23.4 g, Fiber 7.2 g, Protein 21.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 1547.9 mg, Sugar 25.1 g