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Easy 20 Minutes Greek Pasta Salad

Modified: Apr 16, 2024 · Published: Jul 22, 2019

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Greek pasta salad is our go-to recipe for summer backyard BBQ or picnic potluck salad. It’s light, fresh, easy to make, and a healthy summer salad. With simple Greek salad dressing drizzled on it to lift the flavors.

Pasta salads are great for a light lunch when you want to eat something light, but hearty like Israeli couscous salad or try this flavor-packed pesto pasta salad. 

Greek pasta salad in glass bowl with wooden spatula
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Why should you try this recipe?

  1. This cold pasta salad is perfect for summer BBQ backyard parties, potluck, and picnics.
  2. It is healthy, fresh, and has perfect seasoning.
  3. Easy to customize and make it your own. Add any summer vegetables of your choice, including herbs if you like.
  4. Upgrade this pasta salad with simple Greek salad dressing.

Ingredients

all ingredients for Greek pasta salad are arranged on a white wooden board.

Step-by-step instructions

cooking fusilli pasta in boiling water in a large pot.

Step 1: Start by boiling a large pot of water. Once the water starts boiling add salt and cook pasta in boiling water.

al-dente cooked fusilli pasta.

Step 2: Cook until pasta is al-dente. Drain pasta and set aside.

making salad dressing Greek style

Step 3: Whisk the dressing ingredients – Red wine vinegar, olive oil, Garlic, oregano, and lemon juice in a jar.

all ingredients for Greek pasta salad in a bowl.

Step 4: All all salad ingredients to a large bowl

all ingredients for Greek pasta salad in a bowl with salad dressing poured over it.

Step 5: Pour salad dressing and toss the salad.

Useful tips

  1. Pastas small in shapes works best, like penne, farfalle, fusilli, tortellini or Orzo. Orzo Greek pasta salad is another delicious that you’ll love.
  2. Use fresh vegetables for the best taste.
  3. Do not use pre-crumbled feta. Buy good quality block feta and crumble or cut it just when you want to use it.
  4. If you want to make the salad ahead and store it, make sure to finish this pasta salad within 4 days. Feta cheese will begin to taste weird when stored for longer even refrigerator.
close up of pasta salad with feta and olives

Recipe FAQs

What type of pasta should you use?

Pastas small in shapes works best, like penne, farfalle, fusilli, tortellini or Orzo.

What goes in red wine vinaigrette dressing?

A simple vinaigrette dressing has extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, and herbs like oregano or basil.

Can you meal prep this salad?

Yes, you absolutely can. Cold pasta salads are best during summer and it tastes great for days. It is a great meal prep dish.
Pack it as meal prep – mix all the pasta salad ingredients and portion them out into meal prep boxes. Store the dressing in small containers separately and store in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. I would like to finish this pasta salad Greek within 4 days cause of the Feta.

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Greek pasta salad in a bowl with wooden spatula
5 from 11 votes

📋Easy Greek Pasta Salad

Jyothi Rajesh
Greek pasta salad is our go-to recipe for summer backyard BBQ or picnic potluck salad. It's light, fresh, easy to make, and a healthy summer salad. With simple Greek salad dressing drizzled on it to lift the flavors.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Greek, Mediterranean
Servings 4 servings
Calories 693

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz fusilli bucati pasta or rotini, farfalle, penne
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 English cucumber cut into half slices
  • 1 red onion sliced
  • 1 cup FETA cheese (use good quality cheese) cut into cubes or crumbled
  • ½ cup Kalamata olives pitted and halved
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper or to taste

For red wine vinaigrette

  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • ⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil use good quality oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh oregano (or) 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions
 

Cook pasta –

  • fill a large pot with water seasoned with little salt and bring it to boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the penne, and return to the boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 9 ½ minutes (for bucati). Drain pasta and let it cool. (DO NOT OVER COOK PASTA)

Prep vegetables –

  • while pasta cooks chop all vegetables.
  • Whisk together the red wine vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano. Set aside.
  • Combine pasta, onions, tomatoes, cucumber, olives and feta cheese in a large bowl. Pour vinaigrette over the pasta and mix together. Cover and chill for 3 hours before serving.

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Notes

  1. Pastas small in shapes works best, like penne, farfalle, fusilli, tortellini or Orzo. Orzo Greek pasta salad is another delicious that you’ll love.
  2. Use fresh vegetables for the best taste.
  3. Do not use pre-crumbled feta. Buy good quality block feta and crumble or cut it just when you want to use it.
  4. If you want to make the salad ahead and store it, make sure to finish this pasta salad within 4 days. Feta cheese will begin to taste weird when stored for longer even refrigerator.
 
Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

Nutrition

Serving: 0gCalories: 693kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 14gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 985mgPotassium: 413mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 528IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 268mgIron: 3mg
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I’m Jyothi Rajesh (Jo for short) and i’m the founder of the food blog, Curry Trail where I share my culinary Adventures. I live in Bangalore, India. I’m a mom of two beautiful kids. My passion is creating and sharing delicious and easy recipes for the home cook. I have been blogging since 2007 and many of my recipes have appeared in both online and print publications over the years. Learn more about Jyothi Rajesh.

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  1. Leslie says

    July 24, 2019 at 9:12 am

    5 stars
    I LOVE a good pasta salad recipe! I love that you used feta cheese in this!, my FAV!!!

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    • jyothirajesh says

      July 24, 2019 at 1:51 pm

      Glad you liked it. feta in pasta salad is must for me 🙂 Thank you Leslie.

      Reply
  2. Cheese Curd In Paradise says

    July 23, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    5 stars
    I love pasta salad in the summer time. Your dressing sounds so good and so refreshing! I love the combo of feta and olives with the pasta and dressing!

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    • jyothirajesh says

      July 23, 2019 at 10:29 pm

      Thank you

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