Name: Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup macaroni; 2 ounces roasted red bell peppers, diced; ¼ cup sliced black olives; ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; salt and pepper to taste

A simple pasta salad filled with the flavors of the sunny Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

macaroni

red bell peppers, diced

black olives

feta cheese

olive oil

garlic

lemon juice

salt and pepper

In a small bowl or cup, combine olive oil and chopped garlic. Set aside.


Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. Drain.


Transfer pasta to a medium mixing bowl, and add roasted red peppers, olives, and feta cheese. Toss with olive oil mixture and lemon juice.  Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.


Strong garlic flavor! Must serve immediately because by the next day it's rather dry. Wouldn't make it again.

I would recommend using less than a tablespoon of garlic to anyone trying this recipe for the first time.  Also, I'm not a fan of olives so I omitted them and added a bit more roasted red pepper and feta, which took away a bit of the color-contrast you want in a salad but tasted just fine.  I hope it doesn't dry out overnight as I made it with the intention of having it for lunch tomorrow, but I don't see why the addition of a little olive oil couldn't remedy that problem.

This was incredible. Someone brought this to a potluck lunch at work. Very tasty - I think it would make an excellent light lunch or dinner with a green salad on the side.

I made this exactly as is, very easy to make and very flavorful.  This is a nice change of pace to the traditional side dishes or salads. This one has been added to my regulars.  Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.

When we tried this recipe, everyone said, there is something missing here. If you are going to make this recipe, definitely use something like cilantro, and we added our family dressing recipe, and a bit of sugar. Don't put too much sugar in, it will spoil it. And put less feta cheese in than the recipe asks for.

Added extra spices and vinegar otherwise is too lemony.

This was tasty! I agree with the other that there is waaay too much garlic called for in here, just use it to taste, that's what I did. Nice, light and simple. This would also be great with a variety of additions. I did make more of the dressing then called for, but again, do it to your taste. The kids enjoyed this too (except for the feta, lol). I will be making this again and playing around with additions! Thanks for sharing. :)

used mild Italian dressing  ,  next time would try the raspberry vinegrette  dressing , could of used blue cheese crumbled

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $16.87 /serving

Author : Edie Moon

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