Happy Nom Nom Monday! Today I made a pasta salad using some of the fresh pickin's from our garden. Cold pasta salads are perfect for lunch or dinner in the summer. I could eat it everyday.
I used some green grape tomatoes, riesentraube tomatoes, a couple black cherry tomatoes, and the peppers are technically purple beauties. I couldn't wait until the peppers got purple, they've been tempting me for days, weeks on end. Then I looked to our herb garden, and decided the lemon basil was the way to go. I based my recipe off of this Lemon Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Feta I found on yummly.
Ingredients:
- 7 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
- 2.5 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons of dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves (where were out, what! so I substituted with garlic salt)
- 12 ounces of bow-tie pasta
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups bell peppers
- 1 1/2 feta cheese
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup white onion
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon basil
Directions:
I began by boiling water, and cooking the pasta. While that was happening I chopped all of the my cherry tomatoes, peppers, and onion up. I also tore my basil into small bits and mixed that in. Next I mixed together the olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, and garlic salt together in a medium bowl. When the pasta was done I mixed the pasta and veggies together, then I poured the sauce over them, and mixed throughly. Finishing with the cheeses. Now truthfully I didn't have that much cheese, I used what was left in a half used feta tub, and about a tablespoon of freshly grated parmesan cheese. I threw some black pepper on for seasoning, and called it lovely!
It was tasty. Even my hubby who usually doesn't go for cold pasta salads had seconds of this one. I think the only thing that could have made it better was if I had more cheese, and fresh garlic.
I love eating pasta salads the next day. The flavors have a chance to really culminate and become alive together. I already have this packed up for work tomorrow. Hope ya'll are having a wonderful Nom Nom Monday, and happy DIYing, chris!
