Greek Pasta Salad With Feta Cheese Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Whip up this Greek pasta salad with feta cheese, vegetables and store bought Greek salad dressing (shhh - our little secret!). It's an easy-to-make-ahead Greek-inspired recipe for a crowd or side dish. Let’s make it!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, side, Side Dish
Cuisine: greek
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: greek pasta salad, greek pasta salad recipe, pasta salad with feta, pasta salad with feta cheese
Additional ingredients to try in this Greek pasta dish
¼cupolivespitted kalamata
1cupcherry tomatoesor grape tomatoes, halved
¼cupred onionsdiced
½cupgrilled chickendiced
½cupcucumbersPersian
½cupBell pepper
¼tsporeganodried
1tspdillfresh chopped
1tspparsleyfresh chopped
Instructions
Boil the pasta. Fill a large pot (for the pasta) with water. Place it on a burner on high heat and add some salt (about 1 tsp) to it, to bring it to a boil. You can move on to the next steps, cooking the vegetables for this Greek pasta salad, but remember to cook the pasta in boiling salted water and until noodles are al dente. Once done, drain and set aside (no need to rinse the pasta under water).
Sauté dressing ingredients. While water boils, add a small sauté pan or small sauce bowl to a burner on medium heat. Add olive oil, garlic, and onion. Sauté about 5 minutes, stirring regularly, so the garlic doesn’t burn. Turn off burner and remove pan from heat once garlic becomes translucent, and before it turns brown. The onion will be softened, but it cooks slower than garlic so it may not be full translucent. That’s fine.
Mix Greek dressing starter. Once garlic and onion olive oil mixture cools a bit, transfer it to a medium sized bowl. This is going to “amp up” the store bought greek dressing you’re using with a punch of extra flavor. Add salt, pepper, and red wine vinegar. Stir to combine and leave on counter.
Cook asparagus (aka blanch it). Put the pan the garlic and onion was cooked in back on a burner. Add asparagus and enough water to cover it so it cooks evenly. Turn the burner to medium-high heat. Cook asparagus until it’s easily pierced with a fork (but before it gets mushy). Immediately drain asparagus and drain it in cold water to make it bright green and stop it from cooking.
Put together the Greek pasta salad with feta cheese. In a large bowl, assemble the Greek pasta salad. Add the cooled pasta, cooked asparagus, diced carrots, olive oil mixture, any additional ingredients you’d like, and the Greek dressing. (remember to add more Greek vinaigrette dressing to account for the additional veggies). Stir to combine and top with feta crumbles. Enjoy!