Fast & Easy Greek Pasta Salad
This Fast & Easy Greek Pasta Salad is going to be your new favourite! Loaded with vegetables, it's as much a vegetable salad as it is a pasta salad, which is how I like them!
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients
- one grams bow tie pasta cooked to al dente and cooled
- 1 English cucumber washed and diced, large
- 2 tomato washed, diced and juices drained in a colander for 15 minutes, large
- 1 cup red onion diced into chunks
- 1 cup black olives pitted ( kalmata are traditional
- 1/2 cup artichoke hearts diced, marinated
- 1- 1/2 cups feta cheese crumbled or diced
Greek Dressing
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 1-2 tablespoons Greek seasoning in the jar in stores
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Combine salad ingredients in a large serving bowl.
- Whisk together the Greek dressing ingredients, then pour over the salad.
- Stir or toss gently to cover the ingredients with the dressing.
- Refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving to let the flavours blend together.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 176
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 176kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 515mg | 21% |
| Potassium | 118mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 395IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 6.5mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 110mg | 11% |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.