Windy City Antipasto Salad - recipe theme

Another recipe in the monthly theme of appetizers this recipe, that I think was first shared by Kraft, gives you two for one.  A salad and an antipasto appetizer. It is wonderful served as a main dish or spread the ingredients over a bed of lettuce on a platter drizzled with dressing and served as an appetizer.  We recommend using Backyard Patch Italian Dressing / Marinade, but any Italian dressing will work for this recipe.

Windy City Antipasto Salad


6 ounces (2 cups) uncooked dry radiatori pasta (pasta nuggets)

radiatori pasta

1 cup broccoli florets

1 cup pitted black olives

1 cup cubed red pepper

½ cup prepared BYP Italian Dressing / Marinade

2 6-ounce jars marinated artichoke hearts, drained

8 ounces of cheddar or asiago cut in ½-inch cubes

8 ounces hard deli salami ½ inch cubes

3 slices red onion, cut in cubes
1 Tablespoon dried basil or 2 Tablespoons torn fresh



Cook the pasta according to package directions.  Rinse with cold water; drain.  In large salad bowl combine all salad ingredients; mix lightly.  Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours to blend flavors before serving.  Make 8 1 ½ cup servings as a main dish (or 12 to 18 smaller appetizer-sized servings.)

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)

March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)

April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr)

May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)

June 2020 - StirFry Dishes (StirJun)

July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)

August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)

September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)

October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)

November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)

December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)