Pasta salad with Italian flavors, peppers, and cheese.

Pasta salad with Italian flavors, peppers, and cheese.

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A colorful pasta salad with red and yellow bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, egg, cheese, and lettuce, simply seasoned with oil, salt, and pepper.

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This pasta salad is colorful and quick to make: it includes bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs, and crumbled cheese, with lettuce and parsley for garnish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodcold salad
  • Estimated cost$4.49 $2.25 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.38
  • $0.34
  • $0.79
  • $0.06
  • $0.35
  • $1.95
  • $0.53
  • $0.02
  • $0.07

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cook the pasta, then drain it.
  2. Chop the tomatoes, cucumber, egg, cheese, and peppers into small, bite-sized pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. Season with salt and pepper, then add the vegetable oil paint. ≈ 2 min
  4. Decorate with lettuce and parsley. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Pasta salad with Italian flavors, peppers, and cheese.

  • ½ bell pepper, yellow$0.38
  • 1 red tomato$0.34
  • 1 cucumber$0.79
  • 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil paint$0.06
  • 1 hard-boiled egg$0.35
  • Lettuce leaves$1.95
  • parsley$0.53
  • salt$0.02
  • pepper$0.07

Total$4.49

that's $2.25 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 100 g of pasta
  • ½ bell pepper, yellow
  • 1 red tomato
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil paint
  • 100 grams of cheese
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • Lettuce leaves
  • parsley
  • salt
  • pepper

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