
How To Make Lemon Herb Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Get some feta cheese ready for this Mediterranean pasta salad. Aside from the earthy and savory flavors, this pasta salad dish has a tangy and zesty taste.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12 ozdry pasta
For Lemon Herb Dressing
- â…“cupolive oil
- 2tbsplemon juice
- 2tbspred wine vinegar
- 2tbspwater
- 2tbspparsley(finely chopped)
- 2tspgarlic(minced)
- 2tspdried oregano(minced)
- 1tspdried basil
- ½tspsalt
- Cracked pepper(to taste)
For Salad
- 4cupsRomaine lettuce leaves,washed and dried
- 1largecucumber(diced)
- 1pcavocado(peeled, pitted and chopped)
- ½largered pepperdeseeded
- 9ozgrape or cherry tomatoes,halved
- ½ared onion(thinly sliced)
- ½cuppitted kalamata olives(sliced)
- â…“cupsun-dried tomatoes(drained)
- 5-6 tbspcrumbled feta cheese
Instructions
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Boil the pasta in a large pot of salted water until al dente. Drain in a colander or strainer, then rinse under cold water to take the heat out. Transfer the pasta to a large mixing bowl.
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While pasta is boiling, prepare your dressing. Whisk together all of the dressing ingredients in a large jug.
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Add all of the salad ingredients into the salad bowl along with the pasta, and drizzle with the dressing.
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Toss all of the ingredients together until everything is coated evenly in dressing.
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Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 275.59kcal
- Fat:Â 14.83g
- Saturated Fat:Â 3.94g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 8.54g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.53g
- Carbohydrates:Â 29.68g
- Fiber:Â 4.11g
- Sugar:Â 4.30g
- Protein:Â 7.55g
- Cholesterol:Â 13.65mg
- Sodium:Â 319.11mg
- Calcium:Â 117.27mg
- Potassium:Â 432.38mg
- Iron:Â 1.65mg
- Vitamin A: 133.32µg
- Vitamin C:Â 21.19mg
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