Greek Pasta Salad | Quick Summer Meals

pasta

🥗Healthier: whole grain pasta

💰Cheaper: pasta

Whole grain pasta is more nutritious.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat feta cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Low-fat feta reduces calories; ricotta is often cheaper.

Boil 2 cups of dried pan pasta until al dente, then rinse and drain.

Chop 1 English cucumber into quarters and dice to your liking.

Slice cherry tomatoes in half.

Dice a red onion.

Add the cooked pasta to a large mixing bowl along with the chopped vegetables and sliced black olives.

Crumble feta cheese over the salad mixture, adding more if desired.

In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, juice from 1 lemon, 3 minced cloves of garlic, 4 heaping tablespoons of Greek yogurt, 1 and 1/4 teaspoons of dried oregano, 2 teaspoons of salt, and freshly ground black pepper until creamy.

Pour the dressing over the pasta and vegetable mixture and toss to combine.

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