California Pasta Salad

Submitted by stealmystapler

"A delicious spinoff of a cold California pizza my mom sometimes makes."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) box rotini pasta
• 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 avocado
• 2 roma tomatoes
• 1⁄2 red onion
• 4 ounces feta cheese (half block)

• Dressing

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon fines herbes seasoning (parsley, chives, tarragon, chervil)
• salt (optional)

directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions.
2. Chop vegetables while pasta is cooking.
3. Mix olive oil, red wine vinegar and lemon juice in a small bowl with a fork.
4. In a large bowl, mix cooked pasta, chopped vegetables, dressing mixture, fines herbes, and salt.
5. Sprinkle feta cheese on top of pasta and enjoy!

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Don't care what anyone else says, even though I live in California, I'm not a fan of the avocado, so only used half of a small one (diced small!) for this recipe, & that was more than enough for me! I did, however, really enjoy the combo of bacon & feta cheese & am happy to keep this recipe around! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick A Chef]

 

[jnpj7468]

This is a delicious salad. I realized I was out of bacon when I was making it, so I couldn't add any. I definitely will next time though. For the tomatoes, I used halved grape tomatoes from my garden. The salad had a lot of flavor and tasted great. The fines herbes were a great addition. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

 

[wborden]

Was a big hit at the family get together last weekend !!! I would definitely reccomend this recipe!!!