Easy Pasta Salad
Serves: 8 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 8-10 oz of uncooked pasta, I used whole wheat penne
- 5 oz bag of spinach
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 small red onion
- 8 oz crumbled feta cheese
- 1/3 cup olives, chopped
- 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
Dressing
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 shallot, diced
- Juice from 1 lemon, about 2-3 tbsp
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Directions
- Prepare the pasta as instructed on the package. Drain and set aside
- Prepare your vegetables by chopping up the spinach, bell peppers, olives and onion, and draining the chickpeas.
- In a small bowl, combine all of the dressing ingredients together and mix well until fully combined.
- Transfer the pasta into a large mixing bowl, and toss with 1/2 of the dressing.
- Add in the veggies, chickpeas, olives and feta cheese then toss together with the remaining dressing.
- Serve cold or at room temperature. The longer it sits in the dressing, the better!
- Leftovers will stay fresh in the fridge for up to 5 days.