Greek Pasta Salad – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

This Greek pasta salad is unbelievable! From the multitude of recent components to the flavorful dressing and feta cheese, it’s easy to make and so scrumptious!

Please meet your new favourite salad.

Not solely is it fairly to have a look at (all the colours!), however this Greek pasta salad is without doubt one of the most scrumptious salads I’ve ever had.

Greek-Impressed Elements

Right here’s a glimpse of what we’re dealing with when diving head first into this salad:

• pasta (spirals, tubes, select no matter form you want!)
• olives (black or kalamata)
• cherry tomatoes
• cucumbers
• crimson onion (soak these pungent items in ice water for 10 minutes to reduce the overwhelming notes however nonetheless give nice, delicate taste)
• roasted crimson peppers
• corn kernels (recent or frozen – thaw if frozen, and if utilizing recent, candy corn, no have to even prepare dinner, simply slice the kernels proper off the cob)
• feta cheese (and many it)

The Dressing

All of these colourful, fabulous components are advantageous however they wouldn’t quantity to a lot until they have been drizzled with the tangy, recent, flavorful dressing.

Wow. The straightforward dressing is sweet. Unimaginable, actually.

This salad is fairly evenly dressed (completely so, in my humble opinion), however when you like issues a bit heavier on the dressing, simply improve the dressing components as wanted.

Toss and Serve

Give the salad a very good toss and garnish with a bit extra feta and recent herbs.

It’s an absolute explosion of texture, colour and taste!

I’ve all the time beloved a very good pasta salad, however this Greek model is what my pasta salad goals are manufactured from. There’s rather a lot occurring, and I find it irresistible!

I actually hesitate to choose a favourite ingredient right here, but when I needed to, I’d say it’s the corn. (Okay, and the feta…and roasted crimson peppers…and…) These crunchy candy kernels are every little thing good on this planet and so they spherical out the salad completely.

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Greek Pasta Salad

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook dinner Time: 12 minutes

Whole Time: 42 minutes

Dressing:

• ½ cup olive oil
• ⅓ cup crimson wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons recent lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon salt (use extra if utilizing coarse, kosher salt)
• ¼ teaspoon dried parsley
• ¼ teaspoon dried dill

Salad:

• 12 to 16 ounces tube- or spiral-shaped pasta (like penne, cascatelli, rotini, and many others.)
• 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes
• 1 cup diced cucumbers (about 1 small English cucumber)
• 1 cup chopped, roasted crimson peppers (a 12-ounce jar, drained)
• 1 cup black or kalamata olives, sliced or halved (6-ounce can, drained)
• 1 cup candy corn kernels (recent or frozen – thaw and pat dry if frozen)
• ½ to 1 cup crumbled feta cheese (see word)
• ¼ to ½ cup finely diced crimson onion (see word)
• Chopped recent parsley or basil (elective)

• For the dressing, whisk collectively all of the components (or shake in a jar) till well-combined. Put aside.

• For the pasta, prepare dinner in a pot of boiling, evenly salted water till al dente, based on bundle instructions. Drain. Let it cool to room temperature, tossing from time to time to forestall sticking.

• Whereas the pasta cooks, begin chopping components for the salad.

• Mix the pasta with all the opposite salad components (can save feta so as to add final, if you would like). Whisk the dressing to recombine and drizzle over the salad. Toss nicely.

• Garnish with a bit extra crumbled feta and recent parsley, if desired. Serve. (If the salad has sat for some time, give it a very good stir, getting the dressing up from the underside to recombine with the salad components.)

Pink Onion: if you would like delicate onion taste with out the pungent overpowering taste, soak the onions in ice water for 10 minutes earlier than utilizing. Drain and pat dry earlier than utilizing within the recipe.
Feta Cheese: search for feta cheese bought in a block vs pre-crumbled if you would like creamier texture and taste to the feta. It’s fairly simple to search out in most specialty cheese sections. 
Adaptable: the entire salad components might be assorted primarily based on preferences. Add extra of any (or all of the components) or sub in several veggies when you’d like.
Dressing: this can be a evenly dressed salad. Be happy to 1 1/2 or double the dressing when you’d like extra on the salad.

Serving: 1 serving, Energy: 371kcal, Carbohydrates: 50g, Protein: 10g, Fats: 15g, Saturated Fats: 3g, Ldl cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 659mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 4g

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Recipe Supply: from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe