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Simple Tasty Pasta Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Simple Tasty Pasta Salad

9 ingredients 20 min + 10 min 4 servings openrecipes
Simple Tasty Pasta Salad

"I wanted to try something different from the average pasta salads I've had. So I decided to experiment and thankfully everyone loved it! Feel free use more or less of any of the ingredients according to your palate."

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

472
Calories
16g
Protein
6g
Fat
91g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Salad Dressing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

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