italian pasta salad (quick fix side dish)

Hands-On Time: 15 minutes
Ready In: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients

8 oz. uncooked rotini pasta 4 cups of a combination of the following: diced salami or pepperoni diced mozzarella cheese diced plum tomato halved black olives diced green peppers cannelini beans 2 cups Italian dressing* Parmesan cheese for garnish

Directions

1. Cook the pasta until done to desired tenderness and drain well. Al dente is best since soaking in dressing can cause the pasta to become mushy. Cool completely.
2. Toss with meat, mozzarella, tomato, olives, peppers, beans and dressing.
3. Garnish with parmesan cheese.
4. Chill for an hour before serving.

I enjoy making this dish to go with a bbq as a sidedish, I dont always add the meat to it i feel the veggies taste just as good without it.