How to Prepare Tasty Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad. Pasta (wheat), canola oil, feta cheese (milk), tomato, green pepper, filtered water, onion, white wine vinegar (sulphites), white vinegar, sea salt, garlic puree. Greek Pasta Salad is an easy side, perfect to prep ahead and a hit at every party or potluck! Tender pasta, ripe juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, feta cheese and olives are tossed in a Greek dressing for the perfect make ahead side dish.

It's basically summer in a bowl, colorful and fresh. It's all about the feta for me. Drain and wash with cold water and let cool. You can cook Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

1. You need 2 cups of your favorite pasta (uncooked).
2. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of cherry or plum tomatoes (halved).
3. You need 1 1/2 cups of cucumber (peeled and cubed).
4. It's 1/2 cup of red onion (sliced and cut about an inch long).
5. Prepare 1/8 cup of feta cheese crumbles.
6. Prepare 1/8 cup of Greek olives (sliced).
7. You need 1/16 cup of shaved Parmesan.
8. It's of Dressing:.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of Olive Oil (or other neutral oil).
10. Prepare 4 tbs of red wine vinegar.
11. Prepare 1 tbs of fresh squeezed lemon juice.
12. Prepare 2 tsp of garlic (minced).
13. Prepare 2 tsp of dried oregano.
14. It's 1 tsp of honey.
15. You need 1/2 tsp of kosher salt.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of fresh cracked black pepper.
17. It's 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper.

Combine all dressing ingredients and whisk to fully mix. Add all chopped veggies, cheeses and dressing to cooled pasta and toss. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. This vegetarian Greek Pasta Salad recipe is a light, fresh and easy summer salad full of sweet tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, olives and feta cheese all tossed in a homemade dressing!

Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad step by step

1. Cook pasta to package directions. Drain and wash with cold water and let cool..
2. Combine all dressing ingredients and whisk to fully mix..
3. Add all chopped veggies, cheeses and dressing to cooled pasta and toss. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. ENJOY!!.

Perfect for summer cookouts and potlucks, great to serve as a side dish or as a main meal. This pasta dish has all the refreshing flavors of a classic Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and feta cheese. One of our favorite beautiful salads is this Greek Fresh Pasta Salad with rainbow veggies and chickpeas. While you can certainly make this Easy Greek Salad all year long, it gets heavily used in summer season. Fresh produce based meals feel perfect this time of year.