Greek Pasta Salad

Submitted by Sarah_Jayne

"If you like a Greek salad then this pasta salad that takes the flavors of a Greek salad could be for you. I originally found this recipe in BBC Good Food Magazine."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 297.66 g fusilli, another pasta shape would work too
• 226.79 g Baby Spinach, fresh
• 255.14 g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 99.22 g black olives
• 198.44 g feta cheese, broken into rough chunks
• 44.37 ml olive oil

directions

1. Tip the fusilli into a large pan of boiling salted water and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Throw in the spinach, stir well and boil for another 2 minutes. Drain into a colander or sieve and leave to drip-dry.
3. Tip the tomatoes, olives and feta into a big bowl, grind lots of black pepper over and then drizzle with the olive oil.
4. Toss in the drained pasta and spinach.
5. Serve.

Reviews

[Mrs. DeVelopment]

My guests left this salad on their plates uneaten...until my daughter politely told me that it had no flavor and that I should add some dressing. I did and it was much better. I would make this again with a few tweaks.

 

[Mom2Rose]

ZWT6: Made this of the Kids Greek Challenge. It was really tasty and full of flavors and colors!

 

[Ma Field]

A wonderful change from the mayo-slopped variety. I used some lovely kalamata olives and added some red onion to bump it up a notch. Superb light flavor and a great summer side dish. Made for ZWT6 by a Looney Spoon Phoodie.

 

[CraftScout]

I definitely agree with Kumquat the Cat's friend. It is weird to look at a pasta salad recipe and only see 3T. of "wet" ingredients, but between the grape tomatoes I used, the kalamatas, and the really soft feta I had, it wasn't dry at all! This made for a yummy lunch, and the leftovers look appetizing for today. :) Thanks for posting, made for ZWT4.

 

[Kumquat the Cats fr]

This recipe falls under the category of "Sometimes Simple is Best"! I used whole wheat penne, kalamata olives, cut back on the olive oil and used low-fat feta to save on calories. I thought I was going to miss the lack of vinegar and/or spices, but I didn't one bit! This also gets points because it's so quick and easy. I cooked it on the hottest day in NYC this year! I paired it with Sarah_Jayne's Greek zucchini recipe and it went great together! Thanks for a lovely meal.