Greek Pasta Salad
Greek Pasta Salad might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 355 calories, 23g of protein, and 11g of fat per serving. If you have salt, onion, kalamatan olives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the extravirgin olive oil you could follow this main course with the Meyer Lemon Polenta Cake with Winter Fruit Compote as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.
Instructions
To prepare salad, cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
Drain and rinse under cold water.
Drain; place in a large bowl.
Heat a large grill pan coated with cooking spray over high heat.
Sprinkle tuna with 1/8 teaspoon salt.
Add tuna; cook 5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.
Remove from pan; cool slightly.
Cut tuna into 1-inch pieces.
Add tuna, cucumber, and next 5 ingredients (cucumber through tomatoes) to pasta.
To prepare dressing, combine lemon juice and remaining ingredients, stirring with a whisk.
Drizzle over salad, and toss gently to coat.