Greek Pasta Salad

Karen From Colorado's Note:

Pretty, colorful and delicious pasta salad.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 cups ruffled pasta, cooked and drained
• 2 cups cubed chicken
• 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 1 large cucumber, cut in half lengthwise and sliced
• 1/2 large red onion, coarsely chopped
• 3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 cup kalamata olive, sliced

Directions:

1. Combine cooked pasta, chicken, tomatoes, cucumber and onion in a large bowl.
2. In a seperate bowl, stir together lemon juice and salt until the salt dissolves.
3. Add olive oil and oregano, mixing well.
4. Pour over pasta mixture.
5. Stir to blend.
6. Add feta cheese and olives.
7. Toss to mix.
8. Cover and chill for 2 hours before serving.

Reviews

[Miss Annie]

What a wonderful, tasty, robust salad. All the flavors screamed Greek, and it was so good! I especiallly liked the feta cheese, which I love, and the olives. Easy to make and serve. Double this for a larger group, or cut down for a smaller group. Thanks Karen for posting, I will be using this one all summer.

[Peter Pan]

Colorful, delicious and very easy to prepare. The pasta salad tastes wonderful with or without the chicken. I brought the leftover to work and several people asked for the recipe. Thanks for posting.

[Terry Heer]

I made this for a Cub Scout Pot Luck. (I get so tired of mac and cheese with little weenies) I really wanted to make something for the adults in the crowd. It worked! I double this recipe, but used only half the salt required. It was wonderful. I love Kalamata olives and feta cheese, great combination. Unfortunatly there wasn't anything left to bring home. I will certainly be making this one for myself soon.