Pepperoni Pizza Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 plum tomatoes, chopped
• 3 medium green peppers, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package 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 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3/4 cup seasoned croutons

Recipe

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