You’ll love this Mediterranean inspired pasta salad with sun dried tomatoes, arugula, artichokes, tomatoes and olives. Loaded with flavour, this will be a winning potluck recipe.
2tablespoonred wine vinegar, white wine vinegar will work as well
1clovegarlic, grated
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoondried basil
Pasta Salad
½lbwhole wheat rotini
½cupsun dried tomatoes packed in oil drained and chopped
2cupspacked arugula
1.5cupshalved cherry tomatoes
2green onions, sliced
1 398mlcan artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
½cupchopped kalamata olives
¼cupthinly sliced basil
¼cupfeta or Parmesan cheese, optional
¼teaspoonsalt
Instructions
In a small bowl or mason jar, combine all ingredients for lemon herb vinaigrette.
Cook rotini according to package directions. Once pasta is cooked, drain and toss warm pasta with dressing to avoid it clumping together. Allow pasta to cool.
In a large bowl, combine cooled, dressed pasta with arugula, cherry tomatoes, green onions, artichokes, olives, basil, cheese (if using) and salt. Serve immediately.
Notes
If preparing ahead of time, leave out the arugula and basil. Toss this in just before serving to avoid it being mushy.
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