Italian vegan pasta salad
Quick and easy vegan pasta salad recipe! This Italian pasta salad is a crowd favorite at potlucks and bbqs. A great make ahead dish!
Servings 10 servings
Calories 226kcal
Ingredients
- 12 oz dry rotini pasta (spiral) We used tri-color rotini
- 6 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 5 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 Tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
- ¾ cup sliced black olives
- ¼ cup chopped sun dried tomatoes
- ¼ cup minced red onion
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions. Strain through a colander and rinse well with cold water. Place in a large bowl.
- While the pasta is cooking, make your dressing and chop your salad ingredients.
- To make the dressing: combine the red wine vinegar, olive oil, Italian seasoning, lemon juice, and sugar. Whisk together until emulsified or shake in a jar with tight fitting lid. Pour over the pasta in your bowl and stir to combine.
- Add the cherry tomatoes, red peppers, olives, sun dried tomatoes, onion, parsley, salt, and pepper. Toss to fully combine and taste. Add more salt and pepper as desired.
- Serve as is or refrigerate for one hour to let the flavors marinate.
Notes
- Feel free to use any shape pasta you'd like! We love the way the rotini holds a lot of dressing. You could also try chickpea, lentil, or whole wheat pasta.
- We love the flavor of the Italian dressing in this vegan pasta salad, but if you have a favorite store bought vegan Italian dressing that would be a great substitute.
- To add some protein, try adding chickpeas or white beans!
- Don't skip rinsing the pasta in cold water after straining. This keeps it from sticking together.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 404mg | Potassium: 282mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 774IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg