# Grinder Pasta Salad

This is a recipe for a grinder pasta salad, which is truly the best.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound pasta
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 0.5 cup Italian dressing
- pepper
- ham
- turkey
- salami
- pepperoni
- pickles
- banana peppers
- 1 red onion
- 1 can sliced black olives
- 8 oz Colby & Monterey Jack cubed cheese

## Instructions

1. Cook 1 pound of pasta.
2. Add the cooked pasta to a large bowl.
3. Add 1 cup of mayonnaise to a small bowl.
4. Add 1/2 cup of Italian dressing to the mayonnaise.
5. Season the dressing with pepper.
6. Whisk the dressing really well.
7. Chop up ham, turkey, salami, and pepperoni into bite-sized pieces.
8. Mix the chopped meats together.
9. Add the mixed meats to the large bowl with the pasta.
10. Chop up pickles and banana peppers.
11. Add the chopped pickles and banana peppers to the large bowl.
12. Dice one red onion.
13. Add the diced red onion to the large bowl.
14. Add a can of sliced black olives to the large bowl.
15. Mix all the ingredients in the large bowl really well.
16. Pour the prepared dressing over the pasta salad.
17. Mix the dressing into the pasta salad until everything is well combined.
18. Add 8 oz of Colby & Monterey Jack cubed cheese to the pasta salad.
19. Mix the cheese into the pasta salad.

## Equipment

- large pot
- large bowl
- colander
- small bowl
- whisk
- cutting board
- knife
- spatula

## Tips

- Chop the meats into bite-sized pieces and mix them well before adding to the bowl for easier mixing.
- You can add tomatoes, jalape

os, or whatever you want as toppings.
- You don't have to use the whole red onion if you're not an onion fan.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThvGkD36/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3aef322e-1703-4e39-9af2-afff00872c5e
- Extracted: 2026-03-11

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