Greek Pasta Salad

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This delicious Greek Pasta Salad is filled with rotini pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and feta cheese and is covered in a tasty greek dressing! It’s our new go-to pasta salad and is perfectly light and refreshing.

Refreshing pasta salads are a must in the summer time. The Greek flavors in this recipe are so unique, similar to the asian flavors in asian noodle salad, or the mexican flavors in taco pasta salad!

Pasta Salad with Feta

I have always enjoyed pasta salad and salad recipes but find myself craving them more in the Spring and Summer months. We have the go-to salads and pasta dishes we’ve made for years but being on a Greek-food kick, I wanted to try a Greek Pasta Salad version.

Many of the ingredients that you can typically find in Greek food includes:

• olives
• herbs
• feta (my favorite!!)
• tomatoes

I wanted to make sure all of these and more were in the recipe to give it all the Greek flavor I love so much! We added some cilantro, cucumbers, our favorite tri-color rotini and a delicious Greek dressing.

The result was amazing and had so much flavor that we knew others would love it too.

Dressing is key

Using the perfect dressing is key for this Greek Pasta. You can find loads of different options at the store, but my current favorite is this Light Greek Vinaigrette from Cardini’s. It’s not too heavy but has all the delicious flavor that comes in a Greek dressing.

Having said that, I’d love to hear what your current favorite Greek dressings are. Whether it’s more of a dressing or vinaigrette, it should enhance all of the flavors already found in this pasta dish, and we hope you like it as much as we did. 😉

Additions and substitutions:

This recipe is my favorite version of Greek Pasta Salad, but you can easily add, subtract or substitute some of your favorite ingredients. Here are a few suggestions:

• Add: grilled chicken, shrimp
• Add: red onion, sun dried tomatoes, green/red peppers, chickpeas, pepperchinis
• Feta substitute: other greek cheeses include: Graviera, Mizithra, Anthotiro, Manour, Ricotta, Halloumi, Goat Cheese
• Rotini substitute: use other bite sized pasta such as penne, elbow, shell, ziti ,

One of the reasons I love this salad is you can make it ahead of time and store it covered in the fridge. I’d also recommend saving a portion of the dressing to add just before serving.  If you have any leftovers store them in the fridge in an airtight container for 3-5 days.

For more pasta salad recipes, check out:

• Asian Pasta Salad
• Caprese Pesto Pasta Salad
• Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
• Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad
• BLT Pasta Salad
• Italian Pasta Salad

Greek Pasta Salad Recipe

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This delicious Greek Pasta Salad is filled with rotini pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and feta cheese and is covered in a tasty greek dressing! It's our new go-to pasta salad and is perfectly light and refreshing.

Course Salad

Cuisine Greek

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 8

Calories 250 kcal

Author Kristyn Merkley

Ingredients

• 3 cups tri-colored rotini pasta uncooked
• 1 cup Crumbled Feta cheese
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
• 1 cup cucumbers chopped
• 1/2 cup black olives sliced
• 1 cup Greek dressing
• cilantro

Instructions

1. Cook rotini according the package directions. Let cool.

2. Add pasta and remaining ingredients in a bowl and toss. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. ENJOY!

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Nutrition Facts

Greek Pasta Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 250 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Fat 15g23%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 27mg9%

Sodium 534mg23%

Potassium 140mg4%

Carbohydrates 21g7%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 6g12%

Vitamin A 270IU5%

Vitamin C 4.8mg6%

Calcium 108mg11%

Iron 0.7mg4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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