Mediterranean Style Pasta Salad with Summer Grilled Vegetables
Mediterranean style summer pasta salad with grilled veggies and a special salad dressing that gives a great zing and pop to your salad!
Calories 1504kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked pasta your favorite kind of short pasta
- 10 Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini chopped
- 6 oz crumbled feta cheese
- ¼ cup minced parsley
- 5-6 mint leaves chopped
For the grilled summer vegetables
- 1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped zucchini
- 1 ear corn
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon harissa
- salt to taste
- fresh crushed black pepper
For the salad dressing
- ½ lemon juiced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoon juice from Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini
- 1 teaspoon harissa
- salt to taste
- freshly crushed black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Marinate the zuccini and tomatoes with teh olive oil, harissa, salt and pepper for a couple of minutes. Grill them until soft and cooked through.
- Grill the ear of corn until cooked and charred a little, scrape the corn kernels out and add to the grileld veggies.
- In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta, the grilled vegetables and corn, chopped Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini, feta, mint and parsley.
- In a jar, shake well together, the dressing ingredients - lemon juice, olive oil, peperoncini juice, harissa, salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the pasta salad, toss well and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 1504kcal | Carbohydrates: 181g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 74g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 999mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1605IU | Vitamin C: 87.7mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 8.8mg