You'll find common themes in my blog when I have certain ingredients in the refrigerator. This pasta salad has artichoke hearts and olives, but also the regular ingredients of my traditional salad. I'm making it for my sister's baby shower. They will love it.
INGREDIENTS
Basic Pasta Salad
1 bag pasta, cooked al dente in salted water (I'm using spiral)
1 tbsp lemon zest
juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
1 red pepper, chopped
1 tomato, diced
3 cloves of garlic, minced or sliced
4 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 tbsp dried)
1 tbsp sea or kosher salt
fresh ground pepper to taste
1/2 fresh parmesan cheese
Optional
6 marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
3 tbsp kalamata olives, pitted
1 cup feta cheese
1 cup pine nuts
DIRECTIONS
Saute in a small pan the onion and red pepper until carmelized. Set aside until cool. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Serve.
