With these warm summer days, sometimes I just want to have a cool salad for dinner or lunch. One of my favorites is pasta salad, which can be made in about 10 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 package spiral or rotini pasta (1 lb.)
1 cup chopped bell peppers (I used green and yellow)
1/4 cup chopped onions (I prefer red)
1 large tomato chopped
1/4 cup feta cheese
1/2 can olives (2.25 0z)
Balsamic Vinaigrette or Italian Salad dressing (bottled or homemade)
Cook the pasta according to package directions. While pasta is cooking, chop up the bell peppers, tomato and onions and set aside. When the pasta is ready, drain and rinse with cold water, then drain again. Add other ingredients and mix with salad dressing. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour for best results. This is a great salad to take for lunch. You can add chopped ham or cooked chicken or cucumbers if you like.
This recipe makes about 8 servings. Enjoy!
Shirley Alcantara Berger says
July 25, 2012 at 9:27 amLooks and sounds great! This recipe will come in handy now that it’s hotter than Hades around here all day everyday. Thanks!
organizedisland says
July 25, 2012 at 8:54 pmThank you Shirley for your comment! Yes, anything to stay cool!
Holly says
July 25, 2012 at 11:27 amSo yummy! I love pasta salads.
organizedisland says
July 25, 2012 at 8:55 pmThanks for stopping by Holly!
Heather @ new house, new home, new life says
July 26, 2012 at 7:32 pmI make something similar – haven’t done it this year. But now that I see yours, I will have to give it a try.
Thanksf or sharing at the All Star Block Party.
Carrie says
July 27, 2012 at 5:41 amLove pasta salad! Stopping by to thank you for joining in with us on the Bloglovin’ Blog Hop!
Gwen Parker says
July 27, 2012 at 7:52 amRaquel that looks so yummy. My husband and I love pasta. I will definitely have to try this recipe.
Paloma says
July 28, 2012 at 8:07 amI love pasta salad too! This one looks sooo yummy! … and … it seems I posted just a few minutes after you did on SITS … so… Happy Saturday Sharefest Day! 😉
organizedisland says
July 28, 2012 at 9:47 amHi Paloma! Thanks for stopping by ~ hope you are having a wonderful weekend! 🙂
WonkyWonderful says
July 28, 2012 at 8:55 amThis is similar to my favorite pasta salad recipe. Perfect cold salad for summer. Yum! Visiting from SITS Sharefest 🙂
Savvy Working Gal says
July 28, 2012 at 9:13 amI’m always looking for easy, healthy recipes. This looks like a good one. Thanks for sharing. Stopping by from SITS.
Tranae says
August 2, 2012 at 10:02 pmlooks good. I love pasta salad
Natasha Inoz says
August 4, 2012 at 4:36 amThanks so much for linking up to Say G’Day Saturday! I just shared this post on my Facebook page and pinned it too!
This week’s party has just started so I hope you can join in again!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz