Easy Tuscan Pasta Salad

You only need 5 ingredients to make this flavorful Tuscan pasta salad. Great for potlucks or to make ahead for the week for lunch or as a side dish to dinner. Made with pasta, creamy Italian dressing, sundried tomatoes, spinach and beans.

Course Lunch, Sides

Cuisine American, Italian

Recipe Type 5-Ingredient, Camping, Party, Pasta, Pasta Salad, Spinach, Summer, Vegetarian

Skill Level Easy

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings Servings

Calories 351kcal

Author Angela G.

Equipment

large pasta salad container

Ingredients

16 oz rotini or fusilli pasta
2 tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil
15 oz navy beans
10 oz frozen chopped spinach
16 oz Olive Garden Italian dressing

Instructions

In a large pot, cook pasta according to package then drain. Return cooked pasta to pot.
Defrost frozen spinach then squeeze to drain excess water. Add chopped spinach to pasta.
Drain navy beans and add to pasta and spinach.
Finely chop sun-dried tomatoes and add to pasta, beans and spinach. It's fine to include some of the oil that the tomatoes were in.
Finally add entire 16oz bottle of Olive Garden dressing and toss until all ingredients are evenly mix together.
Transfer to storage container and chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

Notes

Use any kind of pasta you like. Tri-colored rotini and fusilli pasta are my favorites to use in this pasta salad.

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