Would this work?

I have a recipe that I have been making for years. It's basically a lot of
different raw veggies, cut up unless they are small to begin with. Cubes of
Swiss Cheese, slices of hard salami, fresh chopped parsley, olives, Italian
dressing and large shell pasta. Angela found a similar recipe that has no
meat or cheese but beans instead and a different shape of pasta. So I make
these types of salad several times a year, especially when I need to make
for a crowd.

But what I have now and need to use up is some summer sausage. Would this
work in such a dish? I think I also might have some sort of salami but it
isn't the hard kind. I know that will work but it tends to break down as
the salad sits.

If I do use the sausage, should I use a different kind of cheese and/or
dressing? I have a couple of chunks of good cheddar that I could cube up.
Just not sure how that would work with Italian. I also have Honey Mustard,
Ranch and a simple olive oil and vinegar type. The natives were ripping
through salad like crazy and now that it's hot you'd think that would be
what they'd want. But no. Salad consumption has slowed and one of them has
quit eating dressing again. At least the dressing I have was cheap.