HOW DO YOU MAKE SPAGHETTI SALAD?
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Cook your spaghetti al dente according to the package Instructions. While the pasta is cooking grab a bowl and combine all the ingredients for the Italian dressing. Now chop all the vegetables into fairly small pieces, slice the black olives and chop the salami.
Once the spaghetti is cooked, drain and rinse it with cold water. Now add the cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, black olives, onions, pepperoncini, hard salami and Parmesan Cheese. Finally drizzle in the Italian dressing and toss to coat.
RECIPE NOTES AND HELPFUL TIPS
Cook the spaghetti al dente and drain well.
The Italian Salad Dressing can be made up to 5 days in advance. Store covered in the fridge. However remove from the refrigerator about 45 minutes prior to making the spaghetti pasta salad.
Chop your vegetables fairly fine so they complement the spaghetti.
You can use any colored bell peppers. They all lend different flavors and sweetness but they all work in this pasta salad.
If you don’t like an ingredient substitute something else or omit it. For instance if you don’t like black olives try capers. If you don’t like red onion try scallions. If you don’t like salami try mini pepperoni. As I always say don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
For a vegetarian version of this Spaghetti Salad, simply omit the hard salami.
