Fully loaded Italian pasta salad using mostly Trader Joe’s ingredients – easy, filling and perfect for summertime parties!

One of my favorite things in the summer is a cold pasta salad! They’re super easy to throw together. But, always so satisfying and delicious. I love how you can make them a number of ways. Sometimes I do a greek pasta salad which is so fresh! I also have a delicious lemon basil pasta salad that’s refreshing.
All of these ingredients can be found at Trader Joe’s besides the Banza chickpea pasta. I buy that on Amazon. You can get pasta from Trader Joe’s whether it’s gluten-free or regular! That being said, I just personally just prefer the Banza pasta. The TJ’s red lentil pasta is very good too. But, it’s red so in all honesty I wasn’t sure how it would photograph.
What you will need for this recipe:
Rotini pasta, or pasta of choice
Cherry tomatoes
Hard salami
Mozzarella
Sliced black olives
Green bell pepper
Trader Joe’s chili onion crunch
Trader Joe’s Italian dressing
Fresh lemon juice
Fresh parsley, salt and pepper

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I love the addition of chili onion crunch in this recipe! If you haven’t tried this product from Trader Joe’s yet – I highly recommend that you do! It adds so much flavor to any dish. I throw it in pasta, eggs, pizza, brussels sprouts.. really anything that’s savory.

I hope you enjoy this summer recipe as much as I do! This loaded Italian pasta salad belongs at every summer BBQ.
PrintLoaded Italian Pasta Salad
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Ingredients
1 lb. rotini pasta, or pasta of choice
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 green bell pepper, chopped
hard salami, cut into small pieces, to taste
6 oz. mozzarella, cut into small cubes
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
3.8 oz. can of sliced black olives, drained
2 tbsp Trader Joe’s chili onion crunch, or to taste
10 oz. Trader Joe’s Italian dressing, or to taste
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Cook pasta according to package instructions (I recommend al dante for pasta salads), rinse with cold water and add to a large mixing bowl.
Add all of the other ingredients and mix together.
Taste and adjust seasonings/dressing if need be. Cover and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes before serving!
Cynthia C.
So tasty and easy to make!
★★★★★
Kristen
Such an easy aNd deliCious salad. I cant stop making it
★★★★★
Jen
This was a crowd pleaser and so easy to put together!
★★★★★
Rachel C
Super sImple & DeliCious!
★★★★★