Searching for a scrumptious, easy-to-make pasta salad to pack up for picnics or lunchboxes? You discovered it! This scrumptious Mediterranean Pasta Salad has cherries, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives, pine nuts, feta cheese, contemporary basil and oregano, and a scrumptious lemon dressing with contemporary lemon zest. Wow, that’s really a laundry checklist of a few of my favourite elements!
My love for pasta salad is aware of no bounds. I actually might eat a scrumptious pasta salad day-after-day of my life. I got here up with this pasta salad for my Shakespeare within the Park picnic, primarily as a result of I didn’t really feel like going to the shop and wished to make a brand new recipe utilizing elements I had readily available.
The lemon zest and contemporary herbs make a big distinction so don’t skip it. Use actually high-quality feta for this dish. Cucumbers and roasted purple pepper would even be scrumptious additions to this already wonderful pasta salad. In the event you wished to make it heartier, it could be scrumptious with my Good Grilled Rooster, salmon, or shrimp.
I hope you’re keen on this mixture as a lot as I do! You’ll be able to after all use no matter pasta you’d like however these little shells are good as a result of the feta and pine nuts conceal inside.
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Serves 6-8
1 pound pasta
1/4 cup lemon juice (a big lemon)
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt, pepper, zest of half a lemon
1.5 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1/3 cup marinated artichoke hearts, halved
1/2 cup Kalamata olives, chopped
8 oz feta cheese block, crumbled
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup contemporary basil, chopped
1 Tbsp contemporary oregano
- Prepare dinner pasta al dente in keeping with bundle directions. Drain.
- Whisk collectively 1/4 freshly squeezed lemon juice, 1/4 further virgin olive oil, zest of half a lemon, and season to style with salt and pepper.
- Toss pasta with dressing. Let sit for 10-20 minutes. Stir in remaining elements. Chill at the very least an hour earlier than serving. Good for picnics or lunchboxes!
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