Rainbow Pasta Salad

Name: Rainbow Pasta Salad
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box bow tie pasta; 1/2 cup spinach, chopped; 1/2 red onion, chopped; 1/4 cup feta cheese; 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered; 1 cup garbanzo beans; 1/2 cup black olives, sliced; 5 clove garlic, chopped; 2/3 cup olive oil; 2/3 cup red wine vinegar; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp pepper; 3 tsp fresh chopped basil

theelephantscafe @cook_3905997

It was hot. I wanted pasta salad. I kept adding and, before you know, this happened. It turned out quite nicely! I didn't measure while I was making it, but my estimates should be pretty close. You may want to refrigerate it which will of course add to the prep time. -cdf

theelephantscafe @cook_3905997

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Ingredients

20 mins

4 servings

Salad
1 boxbow tie pasta
1/2 cupspinach, chopped
1/2red onion, chopped
1/4 cupfeta cheese
1 cupcherry tomatoes, quartered
1 cupgarbanzo beans
1/2 cupblack olives, sliced
5 clovegarlic, chopped
Dressing
2/3 cupolive oil
2/3 cupred wine vinegar
1 tsponion powder
1 tspgarlic powder
1 tspsalt
1/2 tsppepper
3 tspfresh chopped basil

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Steps

20 mins

1

Boil water for pasta (add salt to water) then add pasta after it reaches a hard boil.
2

While waiting for water/pasta to boil, begin chopping garlic, onion, spinach, and basil. Also, cut the tomatoes.
3

When pasta is finished, drain and rinse.
4

Add all salad ingredients to a large bowl, then make dressing if you haven't already.
5

Once dressing is complete, add to salad ingredients, then mix.
6

Enjoy!