Fresh Tomato and Feta Pasta Salad

"This cold pasta salad is light but has bite! Perfect as a side for grilled meats at dinner time, or with a sandwich at lunch. This recipe was inspired by my love for fresh tomatoes and feta cheese and only took a few tries to get the perfect balance of substance."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 2 cups uncooked rotini noodles (or any spiral noodle you like)
  • 14 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sweet onions, chopped
  • 1 medium tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 34 cup feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon oil (I prefer grape seed oil)
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directions

  • Boil Rotini noodles until soft. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool the noodles.
  • Add noodles, chopped onion, and red wine vinegar to a medium sized bowl. Toss well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate approximately 15 minutes. This allows the noodles to absorb the vinegar and lets the flavors infuse while cooling.
  • Add the oil to the cooled noodles and toss gently.
  • Just before serving, add tomato pieces and feta cheese crumbles. Toss well. Sprinkle on more red wine vinegar if the salad is too dry, but be careful, you don't want to use too much and make the salad runny!
  • Serve with a slotted spoon. Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. A very nice light salad. I happened to use grape tomatoes, but obviously that did not change the taste of the salad. I used a corkscrew noodle vs the rotini. And, I also used a grapeseed oil which I wasn't as fond of. I think a richer olive oil would of worked better. The one thing I did change after I tasted it was seasoning. To me it was very bland. I added some fresh basil, pepper, just a bit of salt because the feta is salty and a pinch of garlic. It is a very quick easy healthy salad.<br/>Made for PAC 2011 ~
     
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I'm a 23 year old college student who hates to eat the same old dishes every night. I love variety and flavor, and I love it even more when it's easy to achieve! After growing up in a household of 6 with an Italian mother who loved to cook huge meals from scratch, I simply can not settle for pre-packed, flavorless meals. I also cook on a budget, and have digestive issues that limit my ingredient list, but I still manage to have fun in the kitchen and make some pretty darn delicious meals! I'm always open to try new things and hope to have a wide array of my own homemade recipes to teach my own children someday!
 
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