We make this pizza pasta salad all the time when we are feeding a crowd, a perfect side dish for BBQ’s and picnics. It is also a very kid friendly pasta salad. The secret to this is the dressing, you have to get the Bernstein’s Restaurant Recipe Italian Dressing. It is sooo much better than your regular italian. I have been able to find a bottle of it at just about every grocery store I have been to. It is good stuff!
Ingredients
- 1 bag colored spiral noodles
- ¾ c. pepperoni cut into wedges
- ¾ c. mozzarella cut into small cubes
- ¾ c. fresh tomatoes, diced
- ½ c. olives, sliced
- ¼ c. parmesan cheese (not the powdery kind)
- 1 bottle Bernstein's Restaurant Recipe Italian Dressing
Instructions
- Mix together all ingredients and chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours before serving. We like to put it in a tupperware container with a tight lid and flip it upside down, then right side up a few times while it is chilling to distribute the dressing into the pasta better.
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This is a favorite at our house too. I'll have to try that Berrnstein's dressing!
Looks so good! I love cold Italian pasta salads in the Summer!
I love this salad! I like your tupperware lid and shake technique. I will have to remember that! I usually add a dash of Vegetable Supreme seasoning too. It is delicious.
PS We still miss you Ems!
Yummy, fresh and colorful. Perfect for summer.
I made this yesterday and it was a big hit with everyone! You were especially right about the dressing. I new want to go back and try substituting this dressing in where it calls for other Italian dressings and see if it improved those pasta salads too.
This sounds like the perfect summer supper. Thanks for a great idea.
Made this tonight..DELISH!Thank you ..melissa in Charlotte, North Carolina!
Hello! This looks delish! I am wanting to make it for a cookout next week but I can’t find the Bernsteins Dressing. I searched on their website and it says that it is not available in Nashville, TN which is hard to believe…what store carries it where you live? Thanks
I have found it at Albertson’s and Winco and Safeway. I hope that helps!
I’m also having a hard time finding this salad dressing, I live in Queens, N.Y, never heard of the stores that you have listed. Also was wondering if you cook the pasta, or just let it marinade in the dressing to soften up and absorb the flavors.
Try finding an italian dressing that says something like “restaurant” style or recipe. And yes, you do want to cook the pasta. It will still absorb the flavor of the dressing.
Hola soy de Peru y me encantan las recetas, pero aca no se consiguen algunos ingredientes como la botella de Bernstein’s Restaurant Recipe Italian Dressing
Que se le podria poner con otros ingredientes faciles de conseguir.
Gracias
Is anyone able to translate this? I am guessing they are from Peru and can’t find Bernstein’s Italian dressing.
If that is the case you can definitely substitute another brand of Italian dressing.
Do you have to cook the pasta before mixing all the ingredients or do they soften in the dressing?
Yes, you definitely cook the pasta first.