Pasta Salad with Italian Dressing

This pasta salad is the kind of lunch you make once and eat for days. Rotini gets tossed with bottled Italian dressing, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and little mozzarella balls, so there's no chopping skill required and no dressing to whisk up yourself. It's an easy one to track since you know exactly what went into the bowl, and it holds up well in the fridge for meal prep.

Ingredients

• 1 lbRotini pasta, dry
• 0.75 cupBottled Italian dressing
• 2 cupcherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 wholecucumber, diced
• 1.5 cupMozzarella pearls
• salt, for pasta water

Method

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the rotini according to the package directions. 10:00
2. Drain the pasta in a colander and rinse briefly with cold water to cool it down.
3. Add the pasta, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and mozzarella pearls to a large bowl.
4. Pour the Italian dressing over everything and stir until well coated.
5. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving, or divide into containers for the week. 30:00