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Mediterranean Tortellini Salad is an easy and delicious cold pasta salad made with tortellini, olives, red peppers, and feta cheese.
Happy Sunday, gang! Wusssup?!
Are you a morning person? ‘Cause I totally AM! I love to wake up around 5-ish and get all my chores done before 9-ish. The problem? For the life of me, I can’t wake up at 5-ish! And nothing gets done before 9…p.m.-ish. So, that’s that. Don’t judge.
Now, if you’re like me, you probably have a list of to-do things each and every day. However, those things take a back seat when, say, your mom calls and puts in an “order” for your Crispy Potato Skins and a tub of your Mediterranean Tortellini Salad. I also overheard that she had ribs on the grill and a homemade Strawberry Ice Cream Cake to go with it. SCORE!
BUT, I wasn’t too excited about slaving over a couple of potatoes and some tortellini on a Wednesday afternoon. I have MUCH more important things to do in the middle of the day. Like, watch Real Housewives reruns on Bravo and flip over to Wolf Blitzer to see what’s up in news-land. I also have to make time for Extra and E!News. Then there’s the kids… so… It’s just how I roll, you know?
KIDDING! I LOVE to cook and bake. It’s what I do! Also?? Potatoes and pasta??? HELLO! Have we met?!
Truth is, I was excited to get started and more excited about digging in couple hours later. And, of course, the whole sharing dinner with the family thing… it’s a thing we like to do quite often. Blessed to be able to do so.
So yeah. I really like pasta salads. My husband, not so much. He LOVES pasta, and would marry it if he could, but not cold pasta. I blame it on his toddler-palate. SO picky!
Speaking of good. Four Cheese Tortellini. That’s some goooood stuff. It makes an appearance in this colorful salad, and the taste and texture were meant to swim in the same waters as olives and feta. It’s perfect. It’s a little spicy, but it’s addicting. AND fabulous!
ENJOY!
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Mediterranean Tortellini Salad
Ingredients
- 1 package, (19 ounces) frozen four-cheese tortellini
- 1 cup roasted sweet red peppers, , chopped (I use Mezzetta )
- 1/2 cup pitted green olives
- 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, , or to taste
- salt and fresh ground pepper, , to taste
- 1 cup spaghetti/tomato sauce
- 4 basil leaves, , thinly sliced
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- Cook tortellini according to package directions.
- Drain and rinse; let completely cool.
- In a serving bowl, combine cooked tortellini, chopped red peppers, green olives, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and tomato sauce; stir until thoroughly mixed.
- Add ribbons of basil leaves over salad.
- Sprinkle with feta cheese.
- Serve cold.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
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I need to save this recipe so I can make it for dinner one night!
Great pasta choices Kate!
This sounds amazing. I’m going to have to try this one night.
I love this! How refreshing for a warm weekend. I am a total morning person too, leaves more day ahead of me. Your posts are so fun to read, wish I could write like you:)
I could eat this salad every day for lunch, love the hint of spice!
The tortellini look so good. I especially love the ‘veggie’ themed serving dish they’re in.
This is just beautiful! Pinned! Have a great Sunday, sweetie! 🙂