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Patriotic Pasta Salad Recipe

Make this easy patriotic pasta salad with red, white, and blue noodles! A fun cold side dish for summer parties, potlucks, and holiday BBQs everyone will love.
Prep Time40 minutes
Chill Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 4th of July, memorial day, Pasta, pasta salad, red white and blue, salad
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Sliced Black Olives drained
  • 8 oz White Cheddar Cheese
  • 2 Cups Italian Dressing
  • 1 lb Noodles
  • Red food coloring
  • Blue Food Coloring
  • 3 oz Pepperoni

Instructions

  • Divide the noodles into 3 piles. Boil one set with a few drops of red food coloring in the water, follow the package instructions for each batch to cook noodles to al dente.
    adding red food coloring to second set of pasta
  • Then boil the second set of noodles with a few drops of blue food coloring in the water.
    Blue cooked pasta noodles for a pasta salad
  • Boil the third set without any food coloring.
  • Drain and rinse each set of noodles when they are finished cooking.
    Drained red and blue noodles for a 4th of july pasta salad
  • Add to a large bowl.
    Three colors of noodles in a glass bowl before mixing together
  • Chop the cheese & pepperoni into slices & add to the bowl.
    Chopping up squares of white cheddar
  • Add the olives.
  • Pour in the Italian dressing.
    Mixed pasta salad with red white and blue noodles
  • Stir and refrigerate for an hour to let flavors meld.