Cooking Italian Noodle Salad with Optional Ingredients to Choose

Many people heads to Italian noodle salad when it comes to dinner time. Italian noodle salad can be one recipe for dinner that is easy to make. Besides that, it is delicious. You can consider the portion of Italian noodle salad easily. If you are looking for a food that can be cooked quickly in large portion, it can be the best answer. It is because in this recipe of salad, the portion that will be served for this noodle salad is for 15. The total time to prepare this meal is around 28 minutes which includes preparation time for 20 minutes and cooking time for 8 minutes. The ingredients can be changed with other ingredients that are more desired. The main role of this recipe will be the spaghetti noodle for the salad.

The Ingredients of Italian Noodle Salad 

The ingredients of noodle salad can suit to your desire. There are two options that you can use to fit your creation of Italian noodle salad for your dinner. The first option is:

1. 1 pound of thin spaghetti. The spaghetti is then broke into 3 until 4 pieces 
2. 1 medium zucchini and yellow zucchini squash, diced 
3. 3 Roma tomatoes, diced 
4. 1 red onion, diced 
5. 1 red and green pepper, diced 
6. 1 cucumber, diced 
7. 8 oz of cheddar cheese, diced 
8. 2.25 oz of sliced olives. The cheese is cut well into small cubes 
9. Another option for the ingredients of Italian noodle salad is similar, but is tasted different. 
10. Half green bell pepper and half red bell pepper, diced 
11. ¾ pound of Italian salami, diced 
12. Half red onion, diced 
13. 8 ounces of small mozzarella balls 

The Dressing for Italian Noodle Salad 

For the dressing of Italian noodle salad, both of the options need to use:

1. 1 cup of Italian salad dressing 
2. ¼ cup of shredded parmesan cheese 
3. 1 teaspoon paprika 
4. ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder (optional) 
5. For the topping, you can use the salad seasoning as you desire. 

The Instructions to Cook Italian Noodle Salad 

To prepare Italian noodle salad, the noodle needs to be cooked. You need to follow the package direction to cook well the noodle. After that, rinse the noodle in the cold water. Drain the noodle and let it cool. While waiting for the noodle to be cool, place the ingredients such as zucchini, Roma tomatoes, red onion, green and red bell pepper, cucumber, Italian salami, small mozzarella balls, and other ingredients that you include.

When the noodle for the salad is already cool, add the spaghetti to the bowl and mix it well with other ingredients. When it is ready, mix it with the dressing. The last step will be to pour the parmesan cheese on the top of Italian noodle salad. After finish preparing Italian noodle salad, you can put the salad to the fridge for 2 hours. This salad is not only best to prepare for dinner, but also best to prepare for a party or any small celebration at home with family and close friends.

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