Pepperoni Pizza Salad

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 plum tomatoes, chopped
• 2 medium green peppers, cut into 1-inch strips
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 (14 ounce) package sliced pepperoni
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced ripe olives, drained
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/3 cup tomato juice
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar or 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3/4 cup seasoned croutons

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine tomatoes, green peppers, cheese, pepperoni, olives, and onion.
• 2 in a small bowl combine tomato juice, vinegar, oil, garlic, basil and pepper; mix well.
• 3 pour over tomato mixture and toss to coat.
• 4 cover and refrigerate several hours. just before serving, sprinkle with croutons.