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Mediterranean Pasta Salad

mediterranean pasta salad
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A nice, cool, flavorful pasta salad perfect for summer!

Ingredients

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For Salad-

  • 1 box of Rotini Pasta- I used gluten free, 8oz.
  • 2 medium sized Tomatoes, diced
  • 2 Cucumbers, diced
  • 1 Red Onion, diced
  • 1 cup Black Olives, roughly chopped
  • 1 head of Italian Parsley, finely chopped
  • 6 oz package of Feta Cheese, crumbled

For Dressing-

  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 3 oz Red Wine Vinegar
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • 4 tsp Oregano
  • 2 tsp Thyme
  • 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to package’s instructions.
  2. While pasta is cooking, dice the red onion, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
  3. Roughly chop the black olives (if you aren’t using pre-sliced).
  4. Finely chop the Italian Parsley.
  5. After pasta is finished cooking, toss some olive oil into it, and place it in refrigerator until chilled.

For Dressing (see note)-

  1. Place all of the dressing ingredients into a jar, place lid on, and shake!

Assembly-

  1. Place all of the ingredients into a large bowl
  2. Top with dressing
  3. Toss
  4. Enjoy!

Notes

If you don’t like so much dressing, halve the recipe. I tend to like a lot of dressing, so I ended up doubling my original recipe. You can always make the whole recipe and save what you don’t use for future meals!

Find it online: https://www.iamtaradawn.com/mediterranean-pasta-salad/