Greek Pasta Salad
This Greek Pasta Salad recipe with feta cheese, kalamata olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and homemade dressing is a delicious pasta salad and an easy side dish perfect for summer potlucks and picnics. This healthy. Greek salad is easy to make ahead and serve with chicken or your favorite protein for a quick dinner the whole family will love!
Servings: 14
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 12 ounces cooked rotini pasta tri colored
- 1 English cucumber sliced half moons, or seed a regular cucumber
- 1 pint grape tomatoes cut in half
- ¼ cup red onion finely chopped
- ¼ cup pepperoncini peppers sliced
- ½ cup feta cheese crumbled
- ½ cup pitted kalamata olives cut in half
- chopped parsley optional
Dressing Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¾ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions in a large pot of salted water or cook in Instant Pot. Drain pasta in colander, and rinse under cold water
- Add cooled pasta and remaining ingredients to a large bowl
- Pour in dressing, mix well, and top with chopped parsley, if desired
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Add more dressing before serving if needed
Dressing
- Mix the mustard, vinegar, basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk in the olive oil until dressing is emulsified
Notes
Use your favorite Italian dressing, or bottled Greek dressing for this recipe instead of homemade if you prefer. I like to pour half the dressing on before refrigerating and the remaining half when serving, but you can use all at once if you want.
Nutrition
Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 359mg | Potassium: 225mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 324IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg