Easy Tortellini Caprese Salad
This Tortellini Caprese Salad is incredibly delicious and easy to make. While it’s a fun way to spice up pasta night, it also uses simple and nutritious ingredients to make a healthy meal that fuels your body.
The dream is making a dinner that is not only delicious but easy to make too. Well, I have exactly that for you! This Tortellini Caprese Salad is simple but incredibly tasty.
Thursday nights were always pasta night when I was a kid. I looked forward to it every week, no matter what the pasta was!
These days, I make pasta any night of the week and I never have any regrets.
This Caprese Pasta Salad with Tortellini is refreshing, filling and satisfying. Make sure to start adding it into your dinner rotation. I promise that you won’t regret it!
Main Ingredients
- tortellini
- mozzarella balls
- cherry tomatoes
- fresh basil
- olive oil
- dried oregano
Helpful Tips for Making this Healthy Pasta Salad
- don’t overcook the tortellini – this will cause them to fall apart when mixing the pasta salad ingredients all together.
- rinse the tortellini in cold water after cooking to stop the cooking process
- when mixing all of the ingredients together, use a spatula to gently combine. this will prevent any tortellini from being mushed or filling coming out of the pasta.
How to Make Tortellini Caprese Salad
- Cook the tortellini (or other pasta) according to package instructions
- Once the pasta is cooked, rinse in cold water to stop the cooking process
- Add all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix together until combined
- Serve and enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
Truthfully, it can be either! However, this dish is meant to be a tortellini pasta salad. Once the tortellini is cooked, let it cool and combine it with the other ingredients.
You can use any smaller-sized pasta. I wouldn’t recommend ravioli unless it is miniature size.
Not necessarily! I would remove one, rinse in cold water and taste it to see if it is done. However, this is usually a good indicator that it is close to being done.
this is great as a main meal but there are also many things that will pair well with it. garlic bread, steamed/roasted vegetables, and grilled chicken are all great options.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the fridge. You can also store in a freezer safe container for up to 1 month!
Related Recipes for an Easy Pasta Dinner
- Watermelon Pasta Salad with Feta Cheese and Fresh Basil
- Baked Chicken Feta Pasta with Shallots and Tomatoes
- Greek Pasta Salad using Chickpea Pasta
- Pasta Pesto Salad with Sundried Tomatoes
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Easy Tortellini Caprese Salad
Ingredients
- 18 oz package of tortellini, i prefer to use fresh
- 7 oz fresh mozzarella balls, drained
- 10 oz package of cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1/2 tbsp dried oregano flakes
Instructions
- Cook the tortellini (or other pasta) according to package instructions
- Once the pasta is cooked, rinse in cold water to stop the cooking process
- Add all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix together until combined
- Serve and enjoy!