Green goddess pasta salad
A delicious and fresh tasting flavorful cold pasta salad with a homemade green goddess dressing has quinoa, chickpeas, olives, and feta cheese, it's a winner all around,
Servings: 8 -10 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta rotini or pasta shape of your choice
- 15 oz can chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 6 oz can black olives sliced in half
- 4 oz feta cheese diced
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
Green Goddess dressing (make or cut each ingredient in 1/2 for a smaller batch with no leftover)
- ½ cup mayo
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 clove fresh garlic minced
- ½ cup fresh parsley chopped
- 3 tablespoon chives chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Salt and pepper coarse kosher salt is my preference and coarse black pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to the package and then drain and rinse with cold water to cool pasta completely.
- Prepare the green goddess dressing by mixing the ingredients in a food processor or in a tall glass with an immersion blender. You will have extra salad dressing, or you can cut the portion in half if desired.
- Mix 1/3 cup dressing with pasta and quinoa.
- Add the chickpeas, black olives, feta cheese
- Add additional dressing or the options I gave for additional items if desired like diced cucumbers or sliced grape tomatoes.
- Chill until fully cold.