Simple Tasty Pasta Salad
- 1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
- 4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, minced
- 1/4 red onion, minced
- 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
- 1 (16 ounce) bottle zesty lite Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
- 1 (2.5 ounce) package bacon bits
- 1/2 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool; drain.
- Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
- Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.
- Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.
rotini pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, black olives, zesty lite italianstyle salad dressing, bacon bits, cranberries
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221085/simple-tasty-pasta-salad/ (may not work)