Zebra Farfalle Italian Pasta Salad
Look at this amazing Zebra Farfalle Italian Pasta Salad! Farfalle is the name of the pasta shape, or as I always call it, bow tie pasta. Do you remember I took a pasta class and I learned how to make ravioli? This is one of the pasta bags I bought at their store. Guess how they get that black color into the pasta? It is squid ink! Yes you read that right. I didn’t notice any difference in taste then regular pasta but what a dramatic look it gives the pasta.
This recipe is just a basic recipe for Italian Pasta. I didn’t add a lot of veggies because I wanted to showcase the pasta. You can use any type of pasta shape, any of your favorite vegetables and your favorite Italian dressing. This is a perfect dish to take to a picnic since it is not mayonnaise based and wonderful for a family meal. Think of all the veggies that can be added like onion, green pepper, broccoli…….. the possibilities are endless. When I make this I use whatever veggies I have in the kitchen. Cherry tomatoes work great with this, however, all I had was a large whole tomato so I diced it up and used it. There is no right or wrong way with this pasta salad. It will taste great with whatever you add to it.
Ingredients
You can also add green pepper,
onion, broccoli, salami, ham etc.
Add your cooked, drained and
cold pasta to a large bowl.
Add any of your favorite veggies,
cheese, pepperoni, olives etc.
Pour your favorite Italian
Salad Dressing over the top.
Marinade, covered, in the
refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Toss gently and serve!
Zebra Farfalle Italian Pasta Salad
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Ingredients
- 8-16 oz. pasta, any shape cooked, drained and cold
- Italian Salad Dressing, (prepared) quantity to your liking
- cheese, shredded or small cubes (your favorite)
- pepperoni, salami or ham cut into bite size pieces
- cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- black & green olives, sliced
- green peppers, diced
- onions, diced
- broccoli, cut small
(any veggies will work and all of the above are optional)
Directions
- Add the cold pasta to a large bowl.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients then toss gently.
- Let marinade at least a few hours, covered, in the refrigerator then serve.
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Categories: Cheese, Pasta, Salad/Dressings, Vegetables/Slaws/Salads
Looks gorgeous 😉😋
It sure is! I’m surprised squid ink isn’t used more often. Thank you!!! 😊
Thank you!
I’ve never seen this pasta but it’s a work of art!
It is isn’t it? I wonder how bad that squid ink stains…lol I can’t believe it didn’t bleed into the plain color.
I have had quite a few salads recently. This one looks good. Need to add it to the list to keep things fresh.
It is very good but I love it with much more veggies. I didn’t want to cover up the pasta for my post. Italian Salad Dressing gives it the best flavor.
This looks very fun!!!!
It sure is! I have another bag of colored pastel pasta to use too. Thank you!
Beautiful salad! I have never seen these zebra pasta, it looks so cute.
I never had either. I just had to buy it to see how it tastes. Thanks Megala!
The pasta is so pretty!
It sure is and I think it would be fun to make! Thank you for your nice comment Diana!
You’re most welcome, Diane! 😄
Truly lovely! I’d eaten it if it won’t for the squid ink though 🙁 lol! Blessings!
It had absolutely had no taste. Who in the world thought to use it…lol Now calamari is fabulous too! Thanks Tammy and have a great day!
Oh wow! No kidding! Lolol I have no idea, who would have thought that! What is calamari? You’re welcome, same too you & your family 🙂
Calamari is squid legs cut into rings. Some are breaded and fried other recipes are not. I love them!
That’s just cool looking pasta!!!
Isn’t it! Who ever came up with squid ink…hahahaha Thanks Jeff and have a great week!
I have never seen them before! How fun!
I would love to make them but I would not know where to buy squid ink! Probably Amazon…lol
Looks very dramatic! And delicious!
Thanks Emily!
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Wow, so cool!👍
Isn’t it! I had to buy it just to taste it but it tasted like regular pasta. Thanks!
LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT, CHINA
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It tasted just like regular pasta. I was surprised! Thank you!
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Thank you SO much! ❤
Really amazing with your zebra food, very nice!
Thank you I thought it looked so unique!
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Who would have thought! These are the coolest looking pasta ever!
They are aren’t they! I probably only bought them because I wanted to show everyone!
I’m so glad you did!
This is beautiful! I will look and see if I can find this pasta locally, because I really want to try this!
Amazon has it just type in Zebra pasta.
Wow I’ve never seen pasta like that! Quite an effect 😊
Me either that’s why I had to buy it! Thank you!
I like pasta salad – back in the day my mom would often use that “Suddenly Salad” and just add her own veggies and meat and hardboiled eggs to it … interesting about the black coloring.
Right and why didn’t it bleed like black always does? Squid ink is very unique! I bet they still make Suddenly Salad
We used to have it all the time back in the day – I’ll have to look. We had either chicken or Eckrich smoked sausage in it and my mom made garlic toast to go with it – suddenly hungry for that meal.
The pasta looks super interesting! I’ll have to try to find it at a store near me and try it for myself 😁
Thanks I did see it was on Amazon.
Oh interesting. I forget that Amazon has food now lol
Looks delicious 😋!
Thank you we really enjoy it!
Your posts always make me salivate lol.
This looks just gorgeous and delicious!!
Isn’t it so pretty? I wish I knew how they made the pasta. Thanks so much Moushmi!
Looks like art!
Isn’t it amazing!
That pasta looks crazy good!
I know isn’t it amazing!!!!! I still have another one to share too.
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Thank you very much!!!