Recipe: Delicious Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad. 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.

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! Perfect for summer cookouts and potlucks, great to serve as a side dish or as a main meal. Refreshing Summer Tuna Pasta Salad Summer Tuna Pasta Salad in winter so I can trick myself into think its nice out. You can have Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

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

This one's full of fresh veggies, packed with protein from the tuna, and tossed in a tangy Greek Yogurt dressing that's sure to tingle your taste buds. Drain and wash with cold water and let cool. Combine all dressing ingredients and whisk to fully mix. Add all chopped veggies, cheeses and dressing to cooled pasta and toss.

Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad instructions

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!!.

Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. Pasta (wheat), canola oil, feta cheese (milk), tomato, green pepper, filtered water, onion, white wine vinegar (sulphites), white vinegar, sea salt, garlic puree. This easy Greek pasta salad is all about one thing: the chunks of feta cheese. Yes, I love the chewy pasta, the crunch of the fresh veggies, and the tangy dressing. It's basically summer in a bowl, colorful and fresh.