Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Greek Pasta Salad

Greek Pasta Salad. This pasta dish has all the refreshing flavors of a classic Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and feta cheese. Imagine all the flavors of a Greek salad, but with pasta! We've got kalamata olives, tomatoes, cucumber, and feta cheese, all tossed with pasta and a lemony dressing.

Tender pasta, ripe juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, feta cheese and olives are tossed in a Greek dressing for the perfect make ahead side dish. We often add grilled chicken to make it a complete meal. This Greek Pasta Salad is light and fresh, loaded with garden tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers tossed in a homemade Greek dressing with Kalamata olives and Feta cheese. You can have Greek Pasta Salad using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Greek Pasta Salad

1. It's 12 oz of box Tri-Color Rotini pasta (uncooked).
2. You need 1 bunch of Radishes.
3. It's 1 medium of Cucumber.
4. It's 2 1/4 oz of can Sliced Black Olives.
5. It's 1 pints of cherry or grape sized Tomatoes.
6. You need 8 oz of Crumbled Feta Cheese.
7. It's of Greek vinaigrette.
8. You need 1/2 cup of Lemon Juice.
9. You need 1/2 cup of Olive Oil.
10. You need 3 tsp of Oregano.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
12. You need 1/2 tsp of ground Black Pepper.

Perfect for summer parties or potlucks! A classic in diners and on dinner tables, Greek salad's are filled with Mediterranean produce and flavors. Greek Pasta Salad is a must have side dish recipe! It's so bright and refreshing, it's jam packed with veggies and bits of tangy feta, and it's perfectly satisfying.

Greek Pasta Salad instructions

1. Cook pasta and drain. Set aside to cool. Do not overcook.
2. Wash radishes thoroughly then halve and thinly slice about 3/4 cup or 5 radishes..
3. Rinse, peel, halve and slice one medium cucumber. Approximately 2 cups.
4. Drain and rinse can of sliced olives..
5. Rinse and halve tomatoes..
6. Very gently mix together rotini pasta, radish slices, cucumber slices, tomatoes, black olives and feta cheese (using clean hands works best)..
7. In a separate bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing on the salad and mix gently..
8. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Serve chilled..

And let's not forget it's practically guaranteed to be a crowd favorite! Greek Pasta Salad is loaded with tomatoes, cucumbers, Kalamata olives, red onion, green pepper, and plenty of feta cheese. A delicious and bright Greek-inspired vinaigrette coats this salad. Pair this delicious pasta salad with some marinated and grilled Greek chicken or Greek meatballs. And if you're looking for a healthier alternative to pasta, be sure to try this Greek quinoa salad next.