Summer Pasta Salad

I love this summer pasta salad because you can pretty much make it any way you want. It is the perfect pasta salad for summer picnics or camp outs. Our cousin, Jill, makes this when our family has big get togethers and I always think of her when I make it. She is actually the one who made the pasta salad pictured! She made it for us over Easter (it always tastes better when someone else makes it, I don’t know what it is)!

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Summer Pasta Salad

Ingredients (with Amazon Links)

• 1 16oz pkg. tri-colored spiral pasta, cooked, drained, and rinsed
• 1 16oz bottle Italian or Zesty Italian salad dressing
• 1 Tbsp. Lemon pepper or to taste

Now here's the fun part, add a few or all of the following:

• artichoke hearts chopped
• diced tomatoes
• olives sliced
• pepperoni chopped
• green or red onion chopped
• green and/or red bell peppers chopped
• string cheese chopped into little circles
• shredded Parmesan cheese
• string cheese chunks
• broccoli chopped
• baby corn chopped
• avocado diced
• sun-dried tomatoes
• seasoned chicken cooked & diced

Instructions

1. Toss pasta, dressing, and any of the other ingredients together. Wait at least 4 hours before serving (if you let it sit overnight, wait til the next day to add any of the cheeses or avocado).

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