Caprese Summer Pasta Salad
A delightfully refreshing pasta salad, made with just 5 ingredients!
Servings - 8 servings
Ingredients
- 16 oz. box cellentani pasta or other curvy pasta
- 10 oz. box grape tomatoes halved
- 8 oz. box mozzarella pearls drained
- 8 fresh basil leaves stems removed and cut into thin strips
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup vinaigrette salad dressing French or balsamic
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta, as directed. Drain and rinse with cold water. Transfer to a serving bowl, add the dressing and toss well. Chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
- When ready to prepare the salad and pasta is chilled, halve the grape tomatoes. Then, cut the basil leaves into thin strips.
- Toss the halved tomatoes, basil strips and mozzarella pearls in with the chilled pasta. Toss well.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. And add a few more dashes of dressing, until its to your liking.
- Serve Caprese Summer Pasta Salad and enjoy!