If you’re looking for a last minute dish to bring to a BBQ or a pot-luck today, or for any other meal, look no further. Using in-season produce and ingredients that are probably already in your pantry, create a pasta dish that everyone will rave about!! This is a great alternative to the Italian Pasta Salad that is a BBQ standard. Break out of the norm and go Greek!
Greek Pasta Salad
12 oz favorite pasta (elbows, penne, wagon wheels, bow-ties, etc.)
1 cucumber – peeled, quartered lengthwise, seeds removed and chopped
1 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved or quartered if extra large
1 1/2 cup olives, halved (Kalamata taste best, but black olives will work too)
8 oz feta cheese
1 batch of Greek Salad Dressing (recipe below)1. In a large pot of boiling water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and set aside to cool slightly.
2. Combine chopped cucumber, tomato halves and olive halves in a large bowl with the prepared Greek Dressing. Add cooled pasta and stir to combine flavors well.
3. Add feta cheese when the pasta is completely cooled. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
This dish can be made up to 24 hours in advance and stored in the refrigerator covered. Add cheese prior to serving.
* Tip: If you’re using Kalamata olives, reserve the liquid and use in place of the red wine vinegar for extra flavor.
This dressing is great on salads, but also makes an excellent dressing for pasta and couscous dishes. Just look at the flavor on those vegetables!
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1/3 cup and 1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil,
3/4 tsp black pepper
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp onion powder
3/4 tsp spicy brown mustard
1/2 cup and 2 tsp red wine vinegar (you can substitute up to half white vinegar without altering the taste)Combine all ingredients in a jar or container with a lid; shake well to combine.
Oh yum! This looks heavenly!
Sounds delicious! And I totally want to try the Greek dressing recipe. Love making salad dressings, and Greek is a favorite.
That dressing has replaced our normal bottle dressing! It’s easy to make the seasonings and add liquid as needed for a fresh vinaigrette at dinner.
It a WONDERFUL salad
Very popular in my country
Thanks so much for the recipe, especially the dressing
Sounds refreshing and Yum!
This looks delicious! Perfect for the summer!! Visiting you from Tip Junkie
Corie
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My husband and I love Greek Salad. This looks so yummy. Can’t wait to try it.
Wow! This looks yummy!
This looks delicious, especially the dressing. I’ve pinned it, and I’ll be making it for sure.
Yum-E! I can’t wait to make that this summer. Thanks for sharing.
This looks yummy. I was just eating Kalamata olives out of a jar, but I love them in Greek pasta salad too.
What a fun, fresh summer salad! YUM!
Yummy!! Looks delicious!
I love Greek flavors, this turned out so great! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Belle!
Count me in. This looks delish. Thanks for sharing this week on BeColorful.
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Looks delish!! Thanks for linking up to the Pomp Party! Pinning to our Pomp Party board!
What a perfect summer meal. Please share this on my foodie friday party today.
Hi Tiffany,
I just love your Greek Pasta Salad, it is a great Salad for summer. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
That sounds so tasty!! It looks so pretty too! I need to try this out! YUM!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Thursday’s Temptation.
Jill
The salad looks heavenly!!
Thanks for sharing at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Tiffany, This salad looks delicious! Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday last week. I can’t wait to see what you link up this week. Have a wonderful day
Michelle
This looks great, it would be perfect for a picnic. The dressing sounds really good too. Thanks for sharing at Showcase Your Talent Thursday. I hope to see you at the next party!
This looks so yummy! I just love pasta salads! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
Looks yummy!! Thanks for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
Thank you for linking up last week to my Unveil Your Genius link party! I featured you!
I hope you’ll link up again soon!
I love a good pasta salad, and this one looks like a winner! We have a cookout to go to this weekend, and I think I just might try this out to bring. Thanks for linking up at the Get Creative Party, I’m featuring this recipe this week, go check it out
-Molly
Thank you for participating in Show Your Stuff Blog Hop, You are invited to come back!
This looks amazing! I would love for you to link this up to the getting crafty weekend link up party at Crafting in My closet
Teresa
Crafting in my Closet
This looks yummy! Stopping by from this week’s cravings.