I don’t know if a lot of you will know this restaurant, but Zoës Kitchen is the best healthy food in town, in my opinion at least! Often my co-worker’s and I go there for lunch and we always get the same thing, the sampler salad. The salad consists of scoop of pasta salad, potato salad, tuna or chicken. All to die for!! I already copied the potato salad (I will post later) and here is the pasta salad!
Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked elbow or shell macaroni
1 well packed cup of fresh basil
1 drained can of cut tomatoes
DO NOT throw away the juice from tomatoes (use for cooking pasta)
3-4 oz of feta cheese
salt, pepper
Directions:
1. Cook pasta according to the package. Use the tomato juice from the canned tomatoes and well, for flavor.
2. Drain the pasta. Place into large mixing bowl and cool a little (not completely)
3. Rip the basil leaves and add to pasta.
4. Add the tomatoes
5. Add the feta cheese, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients very well.
6. Refrigerate overnight.
Enjoy!!
* I am linking this recipe to the Sunday and Monday PARTIES. Why don’t you visit the wonderful hosts and link some of your own projects!?
I have been to Zoe’s (we have one in the Fort Worth area) and their Greek salad was amazing!
Never would have thought to boil my noodles with tomato sauce. I bet it does give great flavor!
I would love for you to share this recipe on my mommy solution meme:
http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2011/09/the-mommy-club-share-your-resources-and-solutions-9/
That looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it out!
That looks so super yummy! I would love it if you shared this, and/or whatever else you want, on my bloghop – Makin’ You Crave Monday, over at MrsHappyHomemaker.com!
Your food looks so yummy!
I wanted to let you know that I shared a link to your post about the coconut muffins at It’s a Wrap Link Party at Artful Rising!
Erika
Sounds like a fantastic pasta salad. Thanks for sharing it! I found you on Mrs Happy Homemaker’s Makin’ You Crave Monday, BTW.
Looks so yummy!
I have a bumper crop of basil. This looks yummy.