Recipe: Perfect Mediterranean Pasta

Mediterranean Pasta. This healthy Mediterranean Pasta is the breezy social butterfly of the dinner recipe crowd. A light, easygoing mix of angel hair pasta, fresh lemon, and classic Mediterranean ingredients like tomato, Parmesan, and artichoke, this simple but splendid healthy pasta recipe can carry itself at any meal. Whether it's a hectic family weeknight meal or romantic date night in.

These meals may all seem decadent, but they're filled with fresh, wholesome ingredients to keep you full and fueled. These healthy Mediterranean recipes are so delicious, you'll want to eat them every night of the week! Mediterranean Pasta Salad, out of all the pasta salads a home chef can have in their recipe box, is one of the best to wow a crowd! You can cook Mediterranean Pasta using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mediterranean Pasta

1. It's 1 packet of pasta of GF , I used spirals.
2. You need 1 can of tomatoes of diced.
3. It's 1 can of chick peas of.
4. Prepare 2 cups of spinach of chopped leaves.
5. It's 1 of onion diced.
6. It's 2 cloves of garlic mashed.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of olives pitted kalmata sliced.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of basil dried.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of oregano dried.
10. Prepare to taste of Salt Pepper and.
11. You need 1 tbsp of Oil.

Cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, and feta cheese are mixed with rotini and drizzled with homemade Greek dressing to create this colorful and appetizing pasta salad! Vibrant, bold flavors await in this healthier pasta dish inspired by the unmistakable tastes of the Mediterranean. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente according to package directions. But this Mediterranean olive oil pasta goes just a little bit further, by adding a few favorite ingredients like grape tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts, feta and olives.

Mediterranean Pasta instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Then add the pasta and cook according to package instructions.
2. Saute the onions and mashed garlic in some oil. After the onions have softened add the can of tomatoes, 1/4 cup of water, basil and oregano and season with salt.
3. Let this simmer on low heat for 10mins, after which add the chopped spinach, can of chicpeas and the olives. Allow it to simmer for a few more minutes till the spinach has wilted.
4. Season with salt and pepper if needed. Add in the cooked pasta and toss gently.
5. Serve immediately.

A couple of tips for this olive oil pasta. First, this dish makes a feature of extra virgin olive oil and relies heavily on its flavor. The oil is briefly heated through. Cook until pasta is tender and shrimp are pink. Cook pasta according to package directions.