Name: Tuscan Pasta Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients: 16 ounce bowtie pasta (cooked and drained in cold water); 1 7 ounce jar sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained); 1 red bell pepper (diced); 1 6.5 ounce can sliced olives; 1 cup spinach; 1/4 cup basil (chopped); 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese; 3/4 cup olive oil; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 2 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon dry oregano; 1 teaspoon dry basil; 1 clove garlic; black pepper to taste

Tuscan Pasta Salad is an easy pasta salad with sun dried tomatoes, peppers spinach, and olives tossed in a tangy dressing. This pasta salad is perfect for your next potluck!

Tuscan Pasta Salad

bowtie pasta (cooked and drained in cold water)

tomatoes

red bell pepper (diced)

olives

spinach

basil (chopped)

parmesan cheese

olive oil

white vinegar

water

salt

sugar

dry oregano

dry basil

garlic

black pepper

Black pepper

Red Bell Pepper

White vinegar

In a large bowl combine pasta, sundried tomatoes, bell pepper, olives, spinach, basil, and parmesan cheese. Toss until combined.

To make the dressing: In a small bowl whisk olive oil, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, oregano, basil, garlic and salt and pepper.

Drizzle the dressing over the pasta salad and serve.

Good Idea, thanks :) 

Whomever is saying this is bland, add species and ingredients to your liking and customize it. I never make a recipe as it is, I always add a touch of something that I like or any creative idea I get. Be creative people ....recipe is just a template for ideas smh..

This is amazing!! Added artichoke hearts and seasoned chicken that I made in the air fryer.

I found it to be quite bland too so I changed the dressing outright the next time around, and added shredded rotisserie chicken :)

1/4c EVOO
2tbsp balsamic vin
1/2tbsp honey

Pretty bland, even after adding more vinegar. Not really sure what to add to help it out a bit. Maybe some chicken? Seasoning wise tho I’m at a loss.

Perfect make ahead salad. Very good. Wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for sharing the recipe

Quick, easy and other than the pasta, no cooking which is what I like. I’m not a fan of changing recipes right out of the gate but I do not like homemade salad dressings. For me, too much of a vinegar taste. I know I can make adjustments but by the time I’m done, I have a gallon of salad dressing that I don’t like. So I use the bottled stuff from the grocery store. After one round with this recipe I made one change from the canned sliced olives to a Greek pitted olive mix from the olive bar at the grocery store. The one thing I learned is that the salad dressing will be absorbed by the pasta over night so be careful that you don’t go too far over the al dente for the pasta. Other than that it’s one of my favorites

Tuscan Pasta Salad

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6

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