Greek Style Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lg. tomatoes
• seeded and diced
• 3 ounce. feta cheese
• cubed
• 1 lg. shallot or possibly 2 green onions
• chopped
• 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp. minced arugula or possibly watercress
• 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1 c. fusilli pasta or possibly large elbow macaroni
• Salt and freshly grnd pepper
• Green and/or possibly red bell pepper strips
• Tomato wedges
• Greek olives
• Lemon wedges
• Arugula or possibly watercress sprigs

Instructions

1. Combine first 6 ingredients in bowl.
2. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water till just tender but still hard to bite, stirring occasionally.
3. Drain.
4. Rinse with cool water till cold and drain well.
5. Add in to tomato mix.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. (Can be prepared 4 hrs ahead.
8. Chill.)
9. Spoon salad into centers of 2 large plates.
10. Garnish with bell peppers, tomato wedges, olives, lemon wedges and arugula sprigs and serve.