Recipe: Tasty Mike's Chilly Tangy Feta Summertime Pasta Salad

Mike's Chilly Tangy Feta Summertime Pasta Salad. Here is a refreshing summer pasta salad. It has no mayo and is not "heavy" in the least bit. So good on a hot day.

I am taking it (as is) to a cookout this weekend and can't wait to share the "award winning" and creative side with other Greek food lovers! Healthy pasta salad featuring bold summer flavors, including tomatoes, corn and black beans tossed in fresh pesto! You can easily change up the flavors, and I've typed up some suggestions below. You can have Mike's Chilly Tangy Feta Summertime Pasta Salad using 26 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mike's Chilly Tangy Feta Summertime Pasta Salad

1. Prepare 1 (16 oz) of Multi Colored Rigitoni Pasta [use about 1 1/2 boxes].
2. You need 1 (12 oz) of Athenos Bowl Feta Cheese [crumbled].
3. Prepare 1 Cup of Fresh Shreadded Parmasean Cheese.
4. You need 1 (24 oz) of Creamy Chilled Bottle Olive Garden Signature Italian Dressing [well shaken].
5. Prepare 1 Box of Firm Red Cheery Tomatoes [rinsed -halved].
6. It's 1 Box of Firm Orange Cherry Tomatoes [rinsed - halved].
7. Prepare 1 Cup of Fresh Celery [rinsed - [diced - with leaves].
8. You need 2 of EX LG Fresh Garden Cucumbers [peeled - chopped].
9. You need 1/2 Cup of Radishes [rinsed - sliced].
10. Prepare 1 Cup of Sweet Viadailla Onions [rinsed - rough chopped].
11. It's 1/2 Cup of Red [purple] Onions [rinsed - rough chopped].
12. You need 2 of LG Fresh Carrots [peeled & sliced].
13. It's 1 of LG Yellow Bell Pepper [chopped].
14. It's 1 of LG Red Bell Pepper [chopped].
15. It's 1 of LG Green Bell Pepper [chopped].
16. Prepare 1 of Orange Bell Pepper [chopped].
17. It's 1 Cup of Fresh Garden Celery [chopped].
18. It's 2 (14 oz) of Cans Artichokes [in water - fully drained - chopped].
19. You need 1 tbsp of Fresh Basil Leaves [chopped].
20. Prepare 1 (14 oz) of Can LG Black Olives [fully drained - halved].
21. It's 1/4 Cup of Fresh Garden Chives [chopped].
22. Prepare 1/8 Cup of Fresh Garden Parley [chopped].
23. Prepare to taste of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
24. It's 1 tbsp of Red Pepper Flakes.
25. You need to taste of Sea Salt.
26. You need as needed of Garlic Olive Oil.

If you're sensitive to spice or find the idea of jalapeño in pesto to be downright. This pasta salad follows this order — speckled with roasted eggplant, tangy feta, and fresh herbs, it's just the kind of dinner your summer evening is asking for. The dry pasta options at the grocery store are vast, but not every shape of pasta works well for pasta salad. Cold Pasta Salad / Easy Salad With Pantry Staples.

Mike's Chilly Tangy Feta Summertime Pasta Salad instructions

1. Here's about all you'll need. Kraft Zesty Italian works great as well if you can't locate the Olive Garden Signature brand. But, try to locate the Olive Garden brand. It's less oily and melds well with the pasta..
2. Feta Cheese..
3. A delicious, creamy, tangy pre-fabed option. Found at Costco. Sold in twos. Definitely worth the price!.
4. Boil noodles as per manufactures directions. Usually 9 minutes. Add a dash of salt and olive oil to water. Drain. Upon draining, lightly drizzle noodles with garlic olive oil. Gently mix..
5. Allow noodles to cool before adding to your chilled vegetables and sauce..
6. Add everything together and gently mix well. Chill this savory dish for at least 4 hours. Stir occasionally. Enjoy every bite of your chilly taste of Summer!.

Tangy feta and crunchy veggies get extra body from rotini in this classic Greek-inspired pasta salad. Easy to make and best served chilled or at room temperature, it's a perfect picnic dish. Summertime Pasta Salad - a cold pasta salad packed with fresh veggies and lightly dressed with a parmesan and garlic dressing. This Summertime Pasta Salad has more vegetables than pasta and goes fairly easy on the dressing. It is a great accompaniment for pretty much anything you want to grill.