Mediterranean Pasta Salad
A nice, cool, flavorful pasta salad perfect for summer!
Ingredients
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For Salad-
- 1 box of Rotini Pasta- I used gluten free, 8oz.
- 2 medium sized Tomatoes, diced
- 2 Cucumbers, diced
- 1 Red Onion, diced
- 1 cup Black Olives, roughly chopped
- 1 head of Italian Parsley, finely chopped
- 6 oz package of Feta Cheese, crumbled
For Dressing-
- 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- 3 oz Red Wine Vinegar
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- 4 tsp Oregano
- 2 tsp Thyme
- 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package’s instructions.
- While pasta is cooking, dice the red onion, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
- Roughly chop the black olives (if you aren’t using pre-sliced).
- Finely chop the Italian Parsley.
- After pasta is finished cooking, toss some olive oil into it, and place it in refrigerator until chilled.
For Dressing (see note)-
- Place all of the dressing ingredients into a jar, place lid on, and shake!
Assembly-
- Place all of the ingredients into a large bowl
- Top with dressing
- Toss
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you don’t like so much dressing, halve the recipe. I tend to like a lot of dressing, so I ended up doubling my original recipe. You can always make the whole recipe and save what you don’t use for future meals!
Find it online: https://www.iamtaradawn.com/mediterranean-pasta-salad/