Fresh Mozzarella & Tomato Pasta Salad

Submitted by CareCook

"A fresh, fast, and delicious pasta salad perfect for summer."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package bow tie pasta, cooked
• 1 cup fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed (this is the very soft mozarella cheese, not your standard Kraft-type cheese)
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1 cup fresh basil, torn into small pieces
• 2 large tomatoes, diced
• 1 lemon
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Cook Pasta and rinse in cool water.
2. Toss together pasta, cheeses, basil, and tomato.
3. Squeeze the juice from a lemon and mix with olive oil. Toss in pasta.
4. Add salt and pepper as desired.
5. I actually never measure the ingredients. I just toss until it looks the way I like it. Adjust to your likings. Sometimes it needs to be freshened with a little more olive oil.

Reviews

[LeTanya C.]

Super easy to make and tastes amazing. I used Oregano instead of Basil

 

[Chef Bob 99]

OMG, this is so easy, so tasty. The perfect summer side and dish to pass!

 

[Pineapple]

This is so good! Fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, really good olive oil, nice mozzarella...yums! I'm fixing this all summer long! Love it!

 

[Chef Dudo]

Fresh and nice. Made small (probably insignificant) alterations. Used 1/2 cup mozzarella and 1/4 cup feta cheese. Scaled down the dressing to 1/3 cup olive oil and 3tbs lemon juice. Also added some sliced olives (about 1/4 cup). Did I change it too much? Nah, it turned ou good and I'll be making it again. Thanks for posting.