How to Make Caesar Pasta Salad

This Caesar pasta salad combines the best of a Caesar salad with pasta. It is not labor intensive and can be made in a very short time. Few people make one the same way, so most of the ingredients can be altered to suit your taste. This version uses ziti, salami and ham, but it can work just as well with bow-tie pasta, turkey or chicken.

Things You'll Need

• 3 cups uncooked ziti
• 4 cups of chopped romaine lettuce
• 1/4 lb of capacolla or ham or salami
• 1/2 cup pitted olives, halved
• 1/3 cup mozzarella, cubed
• 1/3 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup bottled Caesar salad dressing

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.

2. Drain the cooked pasta and rinse it with cold water. Transfer the pasta to a large bowl.

3. Stir the olives into the pasta. Cut the meat into 1-inch strips and add them to the pasta.

4. Stir the romaine lettuce into the pasta. Then stir the mozzarella into the pasta salad.

5. Toss the salad with the Caesar dressing until the dressing coats the romaine lettuce. Top the salad with the shaved Parmesan cheese.

References

• Epicurious: Caesar Pasta Salad
• Cooks: Caesar Pasta Salad
• Wish-Bone: Caesar Pasta Salad