Mediterranean Tortellini Salad is an easy and delicious cold pasta salad made with tortellini, olives, red peppers, and feta cheese.
Upbeat Sunday, pack! Wusssup?!Are you a cheerful early bird? ‘Cause I thoroughly AM! I love to awaken around 5-ish and complete every one of my tasks before 9-ish. The issue? For the existence of me, I can’t awaken at 5-ish! Also, nothing completes before 9… p.m.- ish. In this way, that’s all there is to it. Try not to pass judgment.
Presently, in case you’re similar to me, you most likely have a rundown of to-do things every single day. In any case, those things take a secondary lounge when, say, your mother calls and places in an “request” for your Crispy Potato Skins and a tub of your Mediterranean Tortellini Salad. I likewise caught that she had ribs on the flame broil and a custom made Strawberry Ice Cream Cake to go with it. SCORE!
Yet, I wasn’t too amped up for sweating two or three potatoes and a few tortellini on a Wednesday evening. I have MUCH more significant activities in the day. Like, observe Real Housewives reruns on Bravo and flip over to Wolf Blitzer to perceive what’s up in news-land. I likewise possess to make energy for Extra and E!News. At that point there’s the children… so… It’s exactly how I move, you know?
Joking! I LOVE to cook and prepare. It’s my specialty! Too?? Potatoes and pasta??? Hi! Have we met?!Truth is, I was eager to begin and more amped up for delving two or after three hours. What’s more, obviously, the entire offering supper to the family thing… it’s a thing we like to do regularly. Favored to have the option to do as such.
Indeed. I truly like pasta plates of mixed greens. My better half, not really. He LOVES pasta, and would wed it in the event that he could, however not cold pasta. I pin it on his baby sense of taste. SO critical!
Discussing great. Four Cheese Tortellini. That is some goooood stuff. It shows up in this beautiful plate of mixed greens, and the taste and surface were intended to swim in similar waters as olives and feta. It’s ideal. It’s somewhat hot, however it’s irresistible. Furthermore, marvelous!
Mediterranean Tortellini Salad is an easy and delicious cold pasta salad made with tortellini, olives, red peppers, and feta cheese.
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
RECIPE SOURCE: This salad can be made 1 to 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.
