Simple Tasty Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
4 Roma (plum) tomatoes, quartered
1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
1/2 green bell pepper, minced
1/4 red onion, minced
1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
1 (16 ounce) bottle zesty lite Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
1 (2.5 ounce) package bacon bits
1/2 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries, or to taste

Preparation

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water until cool; drain.
Combine cooled pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and black olives in a large bowl.
Pour Italian-style salad dressing over the pasta mixture; toss to coat.
Sprinkle bacon bits and cranberries over the salad to serve.