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.

INGRIDIENT

1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta

4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered

1 cucumber, quartered and sliced

½ green bell pepper, minced

¼ 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

½ (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste

DIRECTION

Step: 1

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.

Step: 2

Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.

Step: 3

Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.

Step: 4

Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.