Spaghetti With Tomatoes, Black Olives, Garlic, and Feta Cheese

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"from Food and Wine"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs tomatoes, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3)
• 1⁄2 cup kalamata olives or 1/2 cup other black olives, pitted
• 1⁄4 lb feta cheese, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons drained capers
• 3 tablespoons parsley, chopped flat-leaf
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 3⁄4 lb spaghetti
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced

directions

1. In a large glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine the tomatoes, olives, feta, capers, parsley, salt, and pepper.
2. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the spaghetti until just done, about 12 minutes. Drain.
3. Meanwhile, in a medium frying pan, heat the olive oil over moderately low heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the cooked pasta and the garlic oil to the tomato mixture and toss.

Reviews

[Karen Elizabeth]

Easy and very good, lovely when you have no time but want a good meal. Made for ZWT9, Panthers On The Prowl, thank you Lynn!

 

[twissis]

Made for ZWT-9 & recommended by Goddess Captain (evelyn/athens), this was perfect to accompany our baked cod dinner tonight. I esp like easy-fix recipes that combine starch & veggie elements as side-dishes. This could hardly be easier to make & would work very well w/spinach or broccoli added to the mix. I made just 1 minor chg & added a generous tbsp. of cream cheese to give it a lightly-creamed texture. We loved it! Thx for sharing this recipe w/us.

 

[Charmie777]

This was very good and so easy!!!!! Was a perfect side dish to our Greek meal!! Made for ZWT 9.

 

[Maito]

Served this as our main dish and it was well enjoyed. For our tastes I halved the oil and used a lot of fresh parsley. This is chock full of goodies (high "sauce" to pasta ratio). Even though we really liked this as is, I think next time I would add less cheese.

 

[Mia in Germany]

We both said "five stars" after the first bite. What else can I say? I followed the recipe to the letter, using gluten free spaghetti. Thanks so much for sharing! Made for Culinary Quest 2016 / Greece for team IH?