Easy Basic Antipasto Salad Recipe
This is a great dish for a holiday meal or any family gathering! This Basic Antipasto Salad is better when it sits so make it up the night before you plan on serving it and it will taste even better! You can add whatever you want to an Antipasto Salad so don’t be afraid to change some of these ingredients and add pasta or tortellini along with Italian salad dressing.
To see my step by step directions with pictures and a printable recipe card click HERE.
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Categories: Cheese, Olives, Pasta, Pepperoni, Salad/Dressings, Tomatoes, Tortellini, Vegetables/Slaws/Salads
That looks tasty Diane
Thank you Sheree
A good wheeze to let Terry do the cooking
Awe thank you! He has certain things he loves to make. I make sure I tell him he makes them SO much better than me. That way he keeps making them. 🤣
Looks great.
Almost looks like a full meal!
It is when I make it for us to eat. I am having it as an appetizer for Thanksgiving though. Usually I skewer everything but it’s going in a bowl this year. Lol
Perfect!
Add some pepperoncini peppers and a little pecorino-romano cheese for a variation. AND…there is no such thing as too much garlic!
You and my husband with the peppers! It is such a versatile recipe which is what makes it so good.
That looks tasty – we used to have antipasto salad in the Summer so my mom didn’t need to cook; I never thought of making it around the holidays for the same reason!
It’s a fun dish because it is so versatile. The longer it sits in the dressing the better it gets.
Yes and very satisfying and tasty. When Suddenly Salad came out, we used to have antipasto salad a lot, especially in Summer when the tomatoes and cucumbers were in season and so cheap.
I remember when Suddenly Salad came out, it was a huge hit.
Yes, quick and easy – we had it a lot in the Summertime so my mom didn’t have to cook.
What’s nice is it lasts a few days and tastes better the longer it sits, if it lasts that long. Lol
My mom would make a big pot of spaghetti and meat sauce. We would have dinner, then she made baked spaghetti with the rest of it, that is … most of the rest of it. She like cold spaghetti, so just like me, leftovers cold were just as nice as hot. She cooked the noodles in dried onion soup, so the whole house smelled of onion soup.
No waste! My husband loves baked spaghetti too.
Baked spaghetti is better than spaghetti the first time around in my humble opinion. We often got it at Olive Garden, mostly Mom did, I would get the fettucine alfredo.
I’m with you but I get seafood alfredo, they add scallops and shrimp. That was what I had for our anniversary dinner.
That does sound tasty too – I loved their regular alfredo. My mom didn’t care for it as she said the sauce was too rich.
So colorful!
I can’t wait to make this for Thanksgiving, I am putting so many different items in it. Thank you Linda!
This looks delicious and could be used an season of the year.
You are right, it is nice for picnics too. Thank you!
Does Terry still expect the blog to be renamed after him? 😆 I’m not a big olives person but all the other ingredients look good to me! I’ll share my olives with the hubby who loves them!
Haha heck no, he wants nothing to do with it. He’s freaking out because if I die before him, he’s worried about how to cancel it. I said when you don’t pay for the fee it’s finished so cancel the credit card. Lol I am making this for Thanksgiving and I am putting SO much in it, including tortellini! I like black olives but not green so I give those to my hubby too!
I love that of all the things to freak out about, it’s the blog. 😂 Hopefully you’ll be around for a long long time, Diane!
Haha right! He is also freaking out about the banking. I do on line banking so he thought he would have to too. I said just write a check like you did before we were married. I handle all the finances and he only uses a computer to play games. 🤣
This is my favorite thing to order when I go to my husband’s family favorite restaurant. They are all “very” Italian and sometimes I can’t hang with them and the all the delicious pasta and breads, but the Antipasto I can do!
It makes for the best meal. We had to go out of town today because we couldn’t find pearl onions at the stores in our town and I need them for my Thanksgiving antipasto! For some reason small town grocery stores always have what I can’t find. I would gladly take your place next time at your next husband’s family favorite restaurant! 🤣
LOVE THAT!!!
Before I even read your post and just looked at the photo, I thought it was the ideal holiday salad! Thanks Diane, I’m taking this recipe with me to our camp site in December.
You’re welcome, it really is perfect for the holidays Corna. I usually skewer everything for an appetizer but this Thanksgiving it’s going into a big bowl. It’s great for camping because you can buy canned items (like olives) or vacuum sealed items to last until you make it, especially when you’re there for 3 weeks!
Love it!
Thank you so much!