Lemon Pasta Salad with Feta Cheese
This fresh flavored lemon and feta cheese pasta salad will be the best thing you bring to a pot luck!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound mini ziti pasta or penne
- 1 bunch asparagus 1-1 1/2 lbs
- 4 oz crumbled feta cheese
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 6-8 leaves fresh basil leaves chopped
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, then put pasta in an ice bath.
- Cut and roast asparagus in a hot skillet (al dente) not soft
- Drain pasta.
- Place pasta, asparagus, feta cheese, oil mixed with lemon juice, oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Toss until combined and then add basil and mix.
- Serve chilled.
- *if the lemons are too tangy for you, heat the sauce on the stove to mellow the flavor, you can also add minced garlic if heating the sauce.
- *heating it with 2 cloves of crushed garlic is wonderful also.