Tuscan Pasta Salad

A flavorful diversion from the run-of-the-mill Italian pasta salad. I like to serve this with grilled, fried, or barbecued chicken, and a crusty artisan bread. I would double the portions if you want to have leftovers when serving 4 or more; this goes fast in my home Enjoy

Tuscan Pasta Salad Ingredients

• 1 cup bow-tie pasta

• 1? cups grape tomatoes, sliced

• 1 cup Italian dressing (such as Kraft Tuscan House Italian)

• 1 cup vegan mayonnaise (such as Vegenaise)

• 3 stalks celery, chopped

• 1 cucumber, peeled and chopped

• cup pepperoncini peppers, minced

• cup red onion, diced

• cup sweet banana peppers, diced

• cup Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped

• cup shredded mozzarella cheese

• cup shredded Parmesan cheese

• salt and ground black pepper to taste

How to Make Tuscan Pasta Salad

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.

2. Combine pasta, tomatoes, Italian dressing, vegan mayonnaise, celery, cucumber, pepperoncini peppers, red onion, banana peppers, olives, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese in a large mixing bowl. Mix until the dressing takes on a creamy consistency and all ingredients are thoroughly coated.

3. Season salad with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or refrigerate, mixing again just before serving.

Tuscan Pasta Salad Nutritions

• Calories: 318.4 calories

• Carbohydrate: 15.7 g

• Cholesterol: 8.9 mg

• Fat: 26.9 g

• Fiber: 1.3 g

• Protein: 5.2 g

• SaturatedFat: 5.3 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 1173.8 mg

• Sugar: 5.2 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Tuscan Pasta Salad Reviews

• The only change I made was to the dressing amount. I used a heaping tablespoon of mayo (I did not use vegan mayo) and I really just eye-balled the Kraft Tuscan House Italian dressing amount until it looked like enough to coat my pasta and veggies. I mixed these two ingredients together in a separate bowl first. I think that 1 cup of each is WAY too much, in my opinion. You can always add more, if needed, but once you add it all, you cant take it away. Tasty cold salad for summer