Bow-Tie Pasta Salad • Kath Eats

This bow-tie pasta salad leans Italian with roasted tomatoes, crimson peppers, kalamata olives and mozzarella balls. Easy and simple to assemble, an Italian lemon-yogurt dressing ties all of it collectively.

Increase your hand in case you assume the form of pasta impacts its style? I LOVE wagon wheel and bow-tie. They’re additional chewy! This recipe for a bow-tie pasta salad was impressed by an previous recipe I made on the weblog within the earliest of days. We used to do a whole lot of picnicking and this was a favourite to convey to share with a gaggle. 

Typically, pasta salads are really easy to make and so they make my favourite summer season aspect dishes. Start by cooking pasta, chop up some extra components, and blend all of it along with a dressing. It’s nice heat, chilled, made on a prep day, taken on a hike, or as a foremost dish with protein on prime (blacked rooster or sausage rounds can be so good on this one!). I really like how straightforward it’s to eat chilly pasta salad for days. 

This Italian pasta salad is my new favourite. I couldn’t cease consuming it the day I made it! 

Bow-Tie Pasta Salad

This bow tie pasta salad recipe calls for easy components with an Italian theme: roasted tomatoes and bell pepper, recent mozzarella balls and juicy kalamata olives. Plus a great deal of chopped recent basil. You’ll be able to definitely combine and match totally different components that you just might need readily available: black olives, crimson onions, roasted zucchini, inexperienced beans. 

The lemon-yogurt Italian dressing is scrumptious and can sink into the pasta because it chills. Greek yogurt provides a bit extra protein. I really like so as to add it to recipes for a bit extra diet than mayonnaise alone. Italian seasoning goes a protracted technique to marry the flavors of the entire recipe. In fact when you have recent herbs, use extra of them! I purchased basil for this recipe, however when you have extra in your backyard, the extra the merrier. Contemporary oregano or Italian parsley can be nice as effectively.

I meant to zest my lemon earlier than – I’d suggest including the zest to your dish! In case you don’t have lemon, crimson wine vinegar works, too. 

You would additionally flip this recipe right into a pasta salad salad by including freshly chopped spinach or kale. 

Tips on how to Make Bow-tie Pasta Salad

Substances

• 16 oz bundle bowtie pasta
• 10 ounce container cherry tomatoes
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 cup recent basil
• 8 ounce bundle mozzarella (about 1.5 cups)
• 1.5 cups kalamata olives

For the salad dressing

• 1 cup complete milk Greek yogurt
• Juice of 1 lemon, about 3-4 tbsp of juice
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• Salt and pepper to style

Directions

Step 1: Preheat oven to 450 levels.

Step 2: Cook dinner, drain, and rinse pasta

Carry a big pot of salted water to boil. Cook dinner pasta till al dente. Rinse with chilly water to maintain from sticking.

Step 3: Prep produce

Wash recent produce. Chop pepper, halve tomatoes, juice the lemon, chop the basil.

Step 4: Prep olives and mozzarella

Drain olives and mozzarella. Halve olives and quarter mozzarella balls. Remember to eat some!

Step 5: Roast tomatoes and peppers

Prepare tomatoes and peppers on a sheet pan (with tomatoes minimize aspect up so the juices keep inside) and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast for 10 minutes. Permit to chill barely. I LOVE this basting oil from Wegmans. In case you have an herby olive oil, be happy to make use of it! Or add extra Italian seasoning in order for you. 

Step 6: Make the dressing

Mix yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, olive oil, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper in a jar or bowl and blend effectively.

Step 7: Combine

Add pasta again to giant pot or a big bowl and add all different components. Toss till effectively combined. Season with any extra salt and pepper you want. 

Including the dressing whereas mixing, too.

Step 8: Serve

Serve heat, chilled, as a aspect or as a foremost with rooster, fish, sausage.

Tips on how to retailer it

Retailer in an air-tight container within the fridge. If it will get a bit dry, you’ll be able to add a drizzle of olive oil and a few extra lemon to brighten it up. 

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