Recipe: Perfect Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad. 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. This easy Greek pasta salad is all about one thing: the chunks of feta cheese.

It's all about the feta for me. 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. You can cook Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Refreshing Summer Greek Pasta Salad

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

Fresh produce based meals feel perfect this time of year. Pasta (wheat), canola oil, feta cheese (milk), tomato, green pepper, filtered water, onion, white wine vinegar (sulphites), white vinegar, sea salt, garlic puree. 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 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!!.

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. Perfect for summer parties or potlucks! 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.