Garden Greek Pasta Salad Recipes

GREEK PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the penne, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Rinse with cold water and drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• Whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Set aside. Combine pasta, tomatoes, onion, green and red peppers, cucumber, olives, and feta cheese in a large bowl. Pour vinaigrette over the pasta and mix together. Cover and chill for 3 hours before serving.

GARDEN GREEK PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Mix all ingredients except feta cheese in large bowl.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors.
• Top with crumbled cheese.

GREEK PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor puree until smooth, the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, parsley, oregano, mustard, and cinnamon. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Make a wreath of spinach leaves on the outside edges of a large shallow pasta bowl or dinner plate. Combine the pasta with half of the dressing, the cucumbers and the scallions. Center the pasta salad in the middle of the spinach. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the spinach and garnish the spinach with black olives. Garnish the pasta with feta cheese and tomato.

GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• Place the cucumber, peppers, tomatoes and red onion in a large bowl.
• For the vinaigrette, whisk together the garlic, oregano, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Still whisking, slowly add the olive oil to make an emulsion. Pour the vinaigrette over the vegetables. Add the feta and olives and toss lightly. Set aside for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Serve at room temperature.

GREEK PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to package direction's rinse in cold water and drain. Place in a large serving bowl; add the tomato, peppers, feta cheese and olives., In a blender, combine the dressing ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight. Toss before serving.

GREEK GARDEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Just before serving, add salad dressing and oregano; toss to coat. Serve in a lettuce-lined bowl if desired.

GARDEN PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse under cold water, and drain.
• Mix chopped carrots, celery, cucumber, green pepper, tomatoes, and onion together in large bowl.
• Combine cooled pasta and vegetables together in large bowl. Pour Italian dressing over mixture, add Parmesan cheese and mix well.
• Chill for one hour before serving.

GREEK GARDEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the beans, olives and all the veggies together in a large bowl.
• Whisk all salad dressing ingredients together and pour over veggies.
• Add feta and toss to coat all the ingredients with the dressing and serve
• To make salad ahead of time: Make the dressing and store in a salad shaker or glass jar in the fridge. Shake dressing mix well just before pouring over salad. Mix chopped cuccumber, onion, olives, bell pepper and beans ahead of time and store in an air tight container in the fridge until ready to serve. When ready to serve add chilled veggies over mixed salad greens, then add tomatoes, cheese and dressing. Tos to coat and servce.