Avocado Cucumber Pasta Salad

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 13 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This tasty tri-color rotini pasta with cucumbers, tomatoes, and avocado with Italian dressing makes a great addition to a potluck or picnic.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
2 tomatoes, seeded and diced
2 cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and diced
1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives
1/2 cup Italian dressing, or more to taste
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 avocado, diced
1 squeeze lemon juice

Directions

1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
2 Mix rotini pasta, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, Italian dressing, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Chill until flavors combine, about 1 hour.
3 Toss avocado with lemon juice in a bowl. Mix into the pasta salad before serving.