Pasta salad hits just the right note this time of year. When it’s hotter than Hades and you’ve spent a long day working, the idea of a heavy meal can be overwhelming. Enter this lemony, Greek inspired pasta salad. Leftovers are great for lunch too.
Pasta Salad with Greek Dressing
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb twirl pasta
- 1 small can black olives, sliced
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- 1/4 C red onion, diced
- 1/4 C pepperoncini, chopped
- 1 T dried oregano
- 1/4 t dried rosemary
- 1 t Kosher salt
- few grinds of pepper from the mill
- 1 1/4 C feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 lemon and a tiny bit of lemon peel
- 2 T champagne vinegar
- 3/4 C olive oil, separated
- 2 cloves chopped garlic
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions, let cool
- Mix the pasta, olives, pepperoncini, onion and cucumber together
- Drizzle with 1/4 C olive oil and mix together
- Whisk together the juice of the lemon & vinegar
- Add the garlic, oregano, rosemary, salt, pepper and lemon peel
- Slowly drizzle in the rest of the olive oil, whisking constantly
- Add the feta to the pasta and vegetables
- Mix in the dressing a little at a time until the salad is moist
- Serve with the rest of the dressing
live action shot!
Serve with a crisp, citrusy glass of Pinot Grigio…
I love pasta, and I love this dish!
OMG! I have become so addicted to Greek dressing! There is just nothing better. Great “P” post!!!
That looks positively yummy!
Oh so yummy looking ~ great recipe and photos ~ (A Creative Harbor) on Blogger ^_^
Looks so yummy!!
~visiting from Mrs. Jenny’s!
How delicious! This is so what I wanted for dinner!
Once again, you’ve done a spectacular post. I don’t even need to eat this…I’m full just looking at it!! Great job!
Now this is the sort of food I love
to eat… I just may give your recipe
a try.
thanks for sharing
Sandy
I so should have eaten breakfast before reading this post. This looks delicious.
what a dish,
you make me feel hungry.
Sounds like a deliciously wonderful recipe! I’ll have to try it!
I love pasta salads ! So fresh and easy to vary !
oh Wow, that looks yummy, I love everything that goes in that salad so it must be great. thanks for sharing.
This is my hubby’s very favorite kind of pasta. And you’ve added some very nice touches here.
=)
looks delicious! Everything I like, all mixed up together! Yum! {:-D
I love everything you put into this macaroni salad. Yum – yum!
That first photo had my mouth watering. Fabulous pasta salad. Will be trying this one.
A perfect salad for any time of year. So flavorful!
looks and sounds delicious!
Now that look deelish!
This recipe sounds particularly luscious to me right now!
I love Greek!
I can just imagine that salty, tangy, lemon-y salad!
Yum!
Thanks for a delicious share for the letter ‘P’.
A+