Weight Watchers Cold Pasta Salad Recipes

Italian Pasta Salad – A lightened-up version of the classic Summer pasta Salad loaded with cherry tomatoes, turkey pepperoni, mozzarella balls, and cucumbers.

Pasta Salads are pretty much a blank canvas and you can add to them whatever your little heart desires! The hardest part about making them is probably boiling the noodles and doing all the prep work. If you don't know how to boil noodles by now, there's probably plenty of youtube videos of that online. Don't like cucumber? Leave them out. Like olives? Add them to this dish. This is just what I really liked and those peperoncino peppers are really good! Just give them a try if you've never had them before.

What is Peperonicino?

Peperoncino (Italian: [peperonˈtʃiːno]; pluralpeperoncini[-ni]; sometimes spelledpepperoncino orpepperoncini in English)^[a] is the generic Italian name for hot chili peppers, specifically the cultivars of the speciesCapsicum annuum andCapsicum frutescens.^[2] The sweet pepper is calledpeperone (pluralpeperoni) in Italian.^{[3] (source: From wikipedia) \}

How to Lighten Up Italian Pasta Salad

In order to lighten up this classic Summer pasta salad I used lite Italian Dressing, zero point vegetables such as cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and pepperoni. Use Turkey pepperoni and fresh mozzarella balls. You could always buy the blocks of cheese and cut them up into tiny cubes if you prefer that instead of mozzarella balls, but tiny mozzarella balls are almost too cute to pass up and they are a must in this salad. Don't overdress your pasta salad and you can still have pasta salad as a side dish this Summer.

What else can you add to Italian Pasta Salad ?

Black Olives

Bell Peppers

Parmesan Cheese

Pesto sauce instead of Italian Dressing ( but that would be more points

Red Onion too make the pasta more colorful

Looking for more pasta salad recipes? Try BLT Pasta Salad and Greek Orzo Salad with Mustard Dill Vinaigrette,

and Caprese Pasta Salad

Video for Italian Pasta Salad:

Scale

Ingredients

8 Ounces pasta
1½ Cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1½ Cups cucumber
4 Ounces mozzarella balls
4 Ounces pepperoni
½ Cups pepperocini
4 oz Teaspoons Italian Dressing

Fill a medium pot with water and bring the water to a boil. Add the dry pasta and cook the pasta until al dente. (About 8 minutes). Drain the pasta and set it aside.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half lengthwise and the cucumbers into tiny half-moon pieces.
Add the pasta to the bowl along with the tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, mozzarella, pepperoni, and Italian Dressing. Toss until well combined. Makes 4 servings.

Notes

myWW points: Blue 5; Green 5; Purple 5

Points are calculated with the WW recipe builder app and not using the nutrition info.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 280
Sugar: 4
Fat: 21
Saturated Fat: 6
Unsaturated Fat: 11
Carbohydrates: 17
Fiber: 8
Protein: 8

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Weight Watchers Cold Pasta Salad Recipes

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Weight Watchers Cold Pasta Salad Recipes