What ingredients should I put in pasta salad using a zesty italian dressing?

Answer 1

onion, olives, banana peppers, red bell peppers, and celery!

Answer 2

Cucumbers, red onion, cherry tomatoes (so they're easy to pick out!). And there is a spice mix called "Salad Supreme"... that stuff kicks butt in Zesty Italian Pasta Salad. Red bottle I think in the spice aisle.

Answer 3

I have made one that had green and red peppers, onions, carrots and black olives. It had the bow tie pasta and zesty italian. Also right before serving, sprinkle in some grated parmesan.

Answer 4

Italian Garden Salad

1/2 large head of romaine lettuce (bias sliced in two inch cuts)
2 celery stalks (skinned and bias sliced in one inch cuts)
a piece of fennel (about the size of half your palm, cut into half inch squares)
1/2 large cucumber (skinned and sliced - slices not too fat)
1/2 sweet green pepper or sweet red pepper cored & thinly sliced
1/2 small yellow onion (very thinly sliced)
optional: carrot (skinned and thinly sliced)
salt and black pepper
olive oil
Italian dressing
grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
1 large tomato (stem out, divided in eighths)
handful of Greek/Italian green olives or cured black olives
optional: tablespoon full of capers

Toss lettuce, celery, fennel, cucumber, bell pepper, onion and carrot. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Traditionally, this is tossed with a dressing "family style" (same dressing for everyone, applied in the the serving bowl). Then, top with tomato, olives and grapes.

Answer 5

Cucumbers
Black Olives
Tomatoes
Pepperoni
Green Peppers

Answer 6

I have a wonderful recipe for that. You need broccoli florets, bell pepper, black olives, red onion (if you like it), cauliflower, and feta cheese.
chop all vegetables bite size, crumble the feta cheese, and the olives you can leave them whole or chop them. after you cook the pasta and let it cool down, add everything else. Add dressing about two hours before serving. I hope that you find my recipe helpful and delicious.

Answer 7

This is how I make my pasta salad.

Pasta (small shells)
cherry tomatoes
red/green/ yellow peppers
black greek olives
artichokes cut in half
fetta cheese
red onion
fresh basil
top off with Italian dressing........

Answer 8

Pasta (use colorful - green, red, white mixture)
Vegetables (any or all -- carrot, cucumber, celery, cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts)
Black Olives
Cheese chunks (cheddar, jack)
Chicken chunks

Add dressing and pepper/Parmesan cheese to taste

Answer 9

your choice of pasta, but the 3-4 color is festive.
Olives (green and/or black), red onions, cucumbers, carrots, celery and mushrooms.
Top with parmesean cheese AFTER you have mixed all well

Answer 10

Capers, sliced green olives, pitted Kalamata olives, finely chopped celery, chopped tomato, chopped bell pepper any color, fresh parsley, fresh basil, chopped hard cooked egg ( add this at the table).

Answer 11

I use the tri color pasta and mix in chopped tomatoes, pepperoni, sliced ripe olives and shredded Parmesan cheese.