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Vegetarian pasta salad is a perfect side dish to serve with almost any protein, or serve it as is for a light lunch, vegetarian dinner, or meatless Monday main dish. It’s easy to customize to your family’s tastes. Add any veggies you like, and add protein like ham or turkey to it for a complete meal!
I have another talented guest blogger here today with a vegetarian pasta salad recipe for you. Her name is Lysska, and her food blog is called “Cooking From a SAHM“. For any of you who may be wondering what SAHM means, it stands for “stay at home mom”. In addition to keeping her site running, Lysska and her husband are raising two young girls.
She enjoys cooking and sharing her recipes for easy, accessible, and affordable meals.
Here’s where you can find Lysska across social media:
This vegetarian pasta salad is pretty inexpensive to make, and with a family to feed, that is very important.
This pasta salad is great for those warm weather months when you do not really want to cook dinner. It combines all my favorites, fresh vegetables, greens, olives, pasta, and of course cheese ????
Enjoy this vegetarian pasta salad!
Total Servings 6 servings
10 minPrep (inc. refrigeration & rest time)
10 minCook Time
20 minTotal Time
Ingredients
- 1 box (16 ounces) of rotini pasta
- 2 tomatoes, chopped and seeds removed
- 1 small jar of Kalmata olives, chopped
- 1 1/2 C crumbled feta cheese
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For the Dressing
- 1/2 C olive oil
- 1/2 C red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbl minced garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1 Tbl dried basil
- 1 Tbl of olive juice
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Topping
- 2 C chopped fresh spinach
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling water, cook the noodles according to the directions on the box. Then drain them and run them under cold water till they are cooled down.
- Put the pasta into a serving bowl. Now chop your tomato and olives and add them to the pasta. Add your feta cheese and stir till combined. In a small bowl, whisk your olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, and olive juice. Taste it to make sure it’s to your liking, adding more salt and pepper if needed. Pour it over the pasta and stir well. Add chopped fresh spinach when serving on each plate.
Important Notes
This recipe will serve 6 as a side dish or 4 as a main dish
