Greek-Inspired Pasta Salad

Everything we love about a Greek salad but with the addition of pasta! Salty feta, briny olives, sweet tomatoes, capsicum and cucumber – perfect for summer entertaining!

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Prepare the dressing (store in an airtight jar in the fridge)

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 1 garlic clove (crushed)
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • Pinch of salt and pepper


Method

  1. Add all the dressing ingredients to a jar and shake well to combine.

 

  • You want to cook the pasta first so it has time to cool before adding the salad ingredients.

  • The perfect potluck salad, just add the rocket just before serving to prevent the leaves from wilting.

 

Vegetables

  • Swap rocket for spinach.

  • Swap coriander for basil.

 

Protein

 

Other

  • If you are gluten free, use a gluten free pasta.

 

Ingredients

Pasta salad 

  • 250g fusilli or small shaped pasta
  • 1 cucumber (finely diced)
  • 1 small red onion (finely diced)
  • 1 red or yellow capsicum (finely diced)
  • 250g, 1 punnet cherry tomatoes (halved)
  • ½ bag rocket (roughly chopped)
  • ½ cup pitted olives (roughly chopped)
  • 100g feta (crumbled)
  • ½ cup coriander
  • ¼ cup pine nuts (toasted)


Dressing

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 1 garlic clove (crushed)
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • Pinch of salt and pepper

 

Method
  1. Cook the pasta as per packet instructions in well seasoned water. Once cooked, drain well and drizzle with a little olive oil.
  2. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables for the salad and the dressing. In a jar or small bowl, add all the dressing ingredients, shake / mix well to combine.
  3. In a large bowl add the pasta, prepared vegetables, olive, feta, coriander and pine nuts; pour over dressing and toss well.
Variations

Vegetables

  • Swap rocket for spinach.

  • Swap coriander for basil.

 

Protein

 

Other

  • If you are gluten free, use a gluten free pasta.

 

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