Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe

Name: Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian Recipes
Ingredients: 250 grams Macaroni pasta; 1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes cut into half; 1/2 cup Broccoli cut into small florets; 1/4 cup Feta Cheese crumbled; 4 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 2 stalks Parsley leaves finely chopped; 2 teaspoon Dried oregano; 1 null Lemon juice; 2 teaspoons Whole Black Peppercorns freshly pounded; null Salt to taste; 1 tablespoon Lemon juice; 2 teaspoons Whole Black Peppercorns freshly pounded; null Salt to taste

Smitha Kalluraya

June 8, 2018

1547 Ratings

Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 40 M

Makes:2 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Italian Recipes

Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe is a healthy and nutritious salad recipe with pasta. This recipe is apt to be taken out while on treks or family outing in warm weather. Cooked cold pasta tossed along with vegetables like Cherry tomatoes, Broccoli and Feta Cheese in a lemony dressing with mixed herbs and pepper is a bliss to fix small hunger pangs.

Serve Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe with a sandwich of your choice for light lunch or serve alongside an elaborate meal of Roasted Vegetable Pizza Pockets, Cream of Celery Soup and Yogurt Panna Cotta.

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Ingredients

For dressing

250 grams Macaroni pasta

1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes, cut into half

1/2 cup Broccoli, cut into small florets

1/4 cup Feta Cheese, crumbled

4 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 stalks Parsley leaves, finely chopped

2 teaspoon Dried oregano

1 Lemon juice

2 teaspoons Whole Black Peppercorns, freshly pounded

Salt, to taste

1 tablespoon Lemon juice

2 teaspoons Whole Black Peppercorns, freshly pounded

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe

To begin making Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe,

To Cook the Pasta

In a large pot, add water and bring it to a boil. Once the water has boiled, add a teaspoon of salt.

Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until the pasta is cooked till al dente (just cooked). This process should take a good 12-15 minutes to get an al dente pasta.

Once the pasta has cooked, drain the water and run the cooked pasta under running water to stop the cooking process and prevent the pasta from sticking to each other.

Drizzle some oil on top of pasta and make sure to coat all of the pasta with the oil so that the pasta doesn't stick to each other.

To Make the Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe

Cook the broccoli florets in a pressure cooker with 2 tablespoon of water for 1 whistle and immediately remove the pressure under running tap water, this is done to keep the broccoli fresh and tender.

In a small mixing bowl, prepare the dressing by adding parsley leaves, oregano, lemon juice, crushed peppercorns, salt along with olive oil. Whisk well until it combines.

Take a large mixing bowl, add cooked pasta (cold/at room temperature), veggies - broccoli, cherry tomatoes,crumbled feta cheese and dressing to it. Toss everything together gently and adjust the seasoning.

Serve Pasta Salad With Broccoli & Feta Cheese Recipe Roasted Vegetable Pizza Pockets, Cream of Celery Soup and Yogurt Panna Cotta to make a complete weekend dinner menu.