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Overnight Pasta Salad (the BEST Pasta Salad EVER)

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 lb pasta (see notes)
  • 2 cups Italian dressing
  • 1 packet dry Italian dressing mix
  • 1 8-oz bottle sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 can pitted black olives, drained
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes, diced
  • 1 English cucumber, diced
  • 1 red onion, diced

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta in liberally salted water per manufacturer’s instructions for al dente preparation. Drain noodles well (do not rinse) then add to a large mixing bowl.
  2. While noodles are still warm, stir in Italian dressing and dry Italian dressing mix.
  3. Drain then chop sun-dried tomatoes. Stir tomatoes into pasta, cover and refrigerate overnight.
  4. When ready to serve, add remaining ingredients then mix well. Cover and refrigerate to store.
  • Author: Dorothy Miler