Italian Pasta salad is one of my all-time favorite cold pasta salad dishes! It’s fresh, light, zesty, and just a total crowd-pleaser. This Paleo Italian Pasta Salad is such a great make-ahead for the week for easy grab-and-go lunches (for adults and kids!) and it’s even better to make a huge batch for summer gatherings. I am planning on taking a big batch of this to the lake for Labor Day weekend with Clayton’s family.
You’re probably thinking– how is this Paleo? It’s pasta? Well, I used Jovial Foods’ new Cassava pasta and dressed it with my own Homemade Italian Dressing. This Paleo Italian Pasta Salad turned out so great and I just know you all are going to love it!
Paleo Italian Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 [8-oz box] Grain free fusilli pasta I used Jovial brand Grain Free Cassava Fusilli
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
- 1/2 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup sliced black olives
- 3/4 cup diced italian salami
- 2 tbsp monkfruit sweetener
- 3/4 cup Whole30 Creamy Italian Dressing
Instructions
- Bring a pot of salted water a boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- In a large bowl, add the red onion, cherry tomatoes, green bell pepper, black olives, salami, monkfruit sweetener and creamy Italian dressing. Add the cooked pasta. Toss until very well combined.
- Chill the pasta salad in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving. You can also make this one day ahead and store in the fridge.
7 Comments
Melissa
June 14, 2022 at 12:09 amI have to tell you… my husband is from Italy, so I very rarely make Italian food for him. He does it much better and is verrrry critical of American “Italian” food (fettuccine Alfredo, I’m looking at you). I made this and he said it is delicious and that I need to make it once a week 😂 Thank you for this gem! You rock!
Katherine
May 18, 2022 at 5:51 pmHow many people does this serve?
Alex
May 18, 2022 at 6:18 pmIt can serve 4-6 people depending on if it is the only side you are serving with your meal or if there are other items. Likely 4 people to be safe!
Susan
May 28, 2021 at 8:03 pmThis salad is SUPER good!! Was given a couple bags of mini tortellini to incorporate into a salad for a graduation party. Very easy and the creamy dressing is delicious and so easy. Couldn’t make it gf because of the tortellini but a daughter w celiac makes it gf quite often since her family loves it…she saved the day passing the recipe along to me! Could easily be made into a main meal.
Thank you so much for posting!
Erin :)
April 13, 2021 at 4:22 amI have such a hard time figuring out what GF pastas are good cold because I feel like they’re all different in their own way but this is a really helpful recipe I got this pasta yesterday and I’m pumped to make this
Ashley
January 31, 2021 at 3:29 pmCan you make this without the monk fruit sweetener? Or, what is a good substitute?
Alex
January 31, 2021 at 8:41 pmyes you definitely can!! or use regular sugar to add the sweetness.