Side Dishes
Easy Pasta Salad
Description
Italian flavors come together in this veggie-laden pasta dish.
Ingredients:
- 1 package (16 ounces) wagon wheel pasta or rotini pasta
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 cup reduced-fat Italian dressing
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1 tablespoon fresh dried oregano leaves or 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 5 roma (plum) tomatoes, coarsely chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 large peeled or unpeeled cucumber, coarsely chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 medium red onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 can (2 1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
Directions:
- Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse with cold water; drain.
- Mix tomato sauce, dressing, basil and oregano in large bowl. Add remaining ingredients; toss.
- Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled but no longer than 48 hours.
