Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Recipe and Photo Courtesy: Priya (my friend)

Ingredients:

Penne Pasta -200g
Onion- 1 (chopped into byte size pieces)
Tomato -1 (chopped into byte size pieces)
Black Olives –pitted (10)
Green pepper- ½ (chopped into byte size pieces)
Red pepper-1/4 (cut into byte size pieces)
Parmesan cheese -2 Tbsp
Feta cheese -25 small cubes
Herbs-parsley, basil, oregano 4-5 sprigs
Olive oil – 3 Tbsp
White Vinegar -2 Tbsp
Pepper – 1 tsp
Chilly flakes- to taste
Salt – to taste

Method of Preparation:

-Bring water to boil in a pot. Add salt and cook pasta according to instructions on the box.
-In a food processor, blend together the herbs, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and vinegar, adding the olive oil little by little. This is our salad dressing.
-In a salad bowl, toss the pasta and vegetables together with the dressing adding the feta cheese at the end.
-Add chilly flakes to taste.

This recipe serves 4

This recipe goes to Mahimaa's 15 minute cooking event