Begin a delicious full-course meal with a wholesome and flavorful Antipasto Pasta Salad! This is a super easy appetizer salad recipe that’ll be sure to kick off your next Italian dinner party. Beware because this recipe is full of delicious and fresh ingredients, you may just want to have it as your main course instead!
What is Antipasto?
Antipasto is the Italian word for appetizer, the first course in a traditional Italian dinner! You can remember this by breaking up the word from its Latin roots, with “anti” meaning “before”, and “pastus” meaning “meal.”
Although antipasto dishes commonly consist of meat and cheese assortments, I personally prefer a fresh and wholesome salad to start off my dinners. That’s why I’ve created this delicious antipasto pasta salad recipe to begin your meals without being stuffed, although you may just want to eat this salad on its own from how good it is.
What I love about this antipasto pasta salad is that it has a wide variety of ingredients that not only pair beautifully together taste-wise, but look-wise as well! You’ll have a vibrant bowl of deliciousness to share with family and friends before your next course.
With such a tasty and healthful meal, you’re in some more luck with how simple this recipe is to complete. All it takes is two steps, so what are you waiting for? Let’s begin!
Ingredients
- 6 oz romaine lettuce, chopped
- 4 oz jalapeño stuffed olives, halved
- 4 oz black olives
- 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 oz red onions, diced
- 3 oz pepperoncinis
- 3 oz seasoned croutons
- 3 oz cheese cubes (I use Gouda)
- 4 oz marinated artichokes
- 4 oz Ditalini pasta
- 1 cup Italian dressing
How to Make The Easiest Antipasto Salad
1. Cook the pasta in salted water then drain and let cool off completely.
2. In a large bowl, combine the pasta and all remaining ingredients. Mix well and serve!
What to Serve After Your Antipasto Salad!
If you’d like to serve this antipasto salad after or alongside other main course dishes, here’s some of my other delicious recipe options to choose from:
- Zucchini Basil Rigatoni: A Healthy Vegetable Pasta Recipe
- Creamy Lemon Artichoke Pasta
- Viral TikTok Recipe (Tomato and Boursin Cheese Fettuccine Pasta)
Check out my Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok for more mouth watering content and recipe inspiration! Leave a comment below this post to share your feedback, I would greatly appreciate it!
Happy Cravings!
Antipasto Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 6 oz romaine lettuce chopped
- 4 oz jalapeño stuffed olives halved
- 4 oz black olives
- 5 cherry tomatoes halved
- 3 oz red onions diced
- 3 oz pepperoncinis
- 3 oz seasoned croutons
- 3 oz cheese cubes I use Gouda
- 4 oz marinated artichokes
- 4 oz Ditalini pasta
- 1 cup Italian dressing
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted water then drain and let cool off completely.
- In a large bowl, combine the pasta and all remaining ingredients. Mix well and serve!
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