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Greek Pasta Salad is a quick and easy side dish made with tender pasta, lots of fresh veggies, and a tangy homemade dressing. It’s sure to be the hit of the summer!
Pasta salads are perfect for picnics, potlucks, and backyard barbecues. Serve this Greek Pasta Salad alongside other favorites like Chicken Cobb Pasta Salad or Chinese Chicken Pasta Salad.
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Why We Love This Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
- Perfect Summer Side – It’s got veggies, cheese, and a tangy vinaigrette making this the perfect summer pasta salad.
- Ready in 15 Minutes – This pasta salad is perfect for those busy summer months when you need to throw something tasty together in a flash.
- Crowd Pleaser – Everyone loves this pasta salad! It’s flavorful, made with fresh ingredients, and goes perfectly with all your BBQ favorites.
RECIPE WALK-THROUGH
How To Make Greek Pasta Salad
See the recipe card below for full, detailed instructions
Prep Ingredients – Start with the veggies chopped and the pasta cooked.
Make The Dressing – You can whisk the dressing ingredients together or pour them into a mason jar and shake. If you’re making it ahead of time, you can keep it separated in the mason jar until you’re ready to serve so the veggies maintain their crisp bite!
Toss Everything Together – Mix the veggies, cheese, pasta, and dressing together. Serve or chill and enjoy!
Serving Suggestions
Greek Pasta Salad tastes fantastic with a Mediterranean-themed menu! Serve it with Greek Yogurt Marinated Chicken Thighs or Creamy Greek Chicken Bake and other sides like Mediterranean Green Bean Salad or Lemon Orzo Salad. Appetizers like Whipped Feta Dip and Greek Salad Pinwheels will make it a tasty spread, too.
Alternatively, go for a classic summer BBQ meal with BBQ Ranch Grilled Chicken Breast or Juicy Grilled Hamburgers and Peach Crisp for dessert.
Storage Tips
Storage and Make Ahead
Because of the Feta cheese, this salad shouldn’t be left out for longer than 2 hours.
Make Ahead: This pasta salad can be made ahead of time, dressing and all, up to 24 hours in advance. Store covered in the fridge until ready to serve.
Storage: Leftovers will last 3-4 days stored in the refrigerator.
Recipe Tips
- Pasta Shape – You can make this Greek Pasta Salad with almost any type of pasta, but I’m a sucker for rotini or bow-ties.
- Cooking The Pasta – I recommend adding a little olive oil to the water so the pasta doesn’t stick together. It makes it so much easier to mix everything up once it’s cooled off.
- Gluten Free – This pasta salad is easy to make gluten free if needed. Just use a gluten free pasta like rice or chickpea pasta.
- Make It A Meal – Add in your favorite proteins like grilled chicken, salami, or shrimp to make it a full meal.
- Customizable – Greek Pasta Salad tastes fantastic with other add-ins too, like chickpeas, red pepper flakes, artichoke hearts, bell peppers, spinach, etc. Feel free to swap around the veggies you add to make this salad your own and use whatever is in season!
- Cheese – Try adding some grated Parmesan cheese for an extra nutty bite or swap the feta for mozzarella or goat cheese for milder flavors.
More Pasta Salads
- Caprese Pasta Salad
- Antipasto Pasta Salad
- Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
- Salmon Ramen Noodle Salad
- Zesty Italian Pasta Salad
Greek Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon Garlic powder
- 8 ounces Rotini pasta cooked according to box and cooled
- 2.25 ounce Can Olives drained
- 3 Plum (Roma) tomatoes seeded and diced
- 1 medium Cucumber peeled, seeded and diced
- 1/2 Red onion diced
- 1/2 cup Feta cheese crumbled
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, oregano, and garlic powder until combined.
- In a large bowl, mix pasta, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, feta, and dressing until combined. Chill or serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer Kristin Maxwell of “Yellow Bliss Road” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. For accurate calorie counts and other nutritional values, we recommend running the ingredients through your preferred online nutritional calculator. Calories and other nutritional values can vary depending on which brands were used.
This recipe is fabulous. My husband said it’s definitely a keeper.
I used kalamatra olives and a high quality Greek feta. (I think this makes a big difference in the flavor profile.) Also I used fresh oregano because I had it growing in the garden.
The recipe makes quite a bit of salad for just the 2 of us. I was thinking that I should half it next time but, never mind. We finished it off within a couple of days – and it was even better the second day!
Awesome feedback Contrariwise! Thanks for stopping by.