Whole-Wheat Pasta Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese

Name: Whole-Wheat Pasta Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese
Prep time: 1 h 2 min
Cook time: 1 h 2 min
Total time: 1 h 2 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters chopped baby spinach leaves; 4 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 118 milliliters crumbled feta cheese; 1 teaspoons clove of garlic, minced (about; 118 milliliters diced red onion; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 4 servings Salt; 2 Tbsps walnut oil; 118 milliliters walnuts; 227 grams whole-wheat fusilli or other spiral shaped pasta

Whole-Wheat Pasta Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese is a vegetarian main course. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 408 calories, 13g of protein, and 22g of fat. Head to the store and pick up baby spinach leaves, pepper, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the walnut oil you could follow this main course with the Walnut Chiffon Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 2 minutes.

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Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package.

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Pasta

Drain the pasta, rinse it under cold water, and put it in the refrigerator to chill.

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Pasta

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In a dry saute pan toast the walnuts over a medium-high flame until they are fragrant, about 2 minutes. Set the walnuts aside to cool then chop them coarsely.

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Toast

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In a large bowl, toss together the chilled pasta, walnuts, feta cheese, onion, and spinach. In a small bowl whisk the oil, vinegar, garlic and mustard.

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Feta Cheese