Best pasta salad EVER

Seriously, though, it really is the best pasta salad ever.

Also, it's super easy and SO DELICOUS. And by no means in any way is this healthy. So if that's what you were hoping for, I'd stop reading now haha.

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 box of tri-color rotini pasta
• marinated artichoke hearts
• black olives, cut in half
• cheddar cheese, cubed
• salami
• 1 bottle Italian dressing
• grated parmesan cheese

First, cook and drain your pasta and transfer it to a large mixing bowl.

 Add in desired amounts of artichoke hearts, cut up olives, cheese cubes, and cut up salami. I put a LOT of cheese and artichoke hearts in my version, but if you like olives more, you can of course put more in! It's really up to you. 

 Mix everything up, then add desired amount of dressing - I used about half of the bottle. Finally, add parmesan cheese and toss once more so everything is coated with deliciousness!

Store in the refregerator in plastic containers or in the same large bowl covered with saran wrap or foil.

I love this recipe because there's no measuring; it's all about how much of each ingredient you want in it. I also love this because it combines lots of yummy flavors and is great as a side dish OR as the main event of your meal. Nick and I definitely used this as more of an entrée and ate it in about 2 days. Woops :) My mom made this a lot in the summertime, and it was something cool, light, but filling when it was super hot out and you didn't feel like eating much!

Some suggestions:

- The Italian dressing can be a regular Italian, but I've used a three-cheese Italian dressing as well and it was super yummy!

- My Mama always gets special salami from the deli that has parmesan around the outside of it. It's amazing. I was just too lazy to find it so I used regular salami (cuz, y'know, there's not already enough cheese in it haha)

- You can use regular canned artichoke hearts, but the marinated ones taste best!

- Sharp cheddar cheese gives a really good flavor

Enjoy!