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A close-up of a white bowl filled with Cold Pasta Salad Lunch featuring shell pasta, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese.

Cold Pasta Salad Lunch

This pasta salad stays fresh and flavorful for hours, making it a good choice for meal-preppers and busy workers.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • large pot
  • Mixing Bowl

Ingredients
  

Pasta Salad

  • 10 oz Pasta Cooked according to package directions
  • 1/2 cup Cucumber Diced
  • 1/2 cup Tomatoes Halved or quartered
  • 1/4 cup Feta cheese Crumbled

Dressing

  • 3 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon juice Freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 tsp Dried oregano

Instructions
 

  • Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain the pasta and rinse it well under cold water until completely cool. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine the cooled pasta, diced cucumber, tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese.
  • In a small container, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, and dried oregano to make the dressing.
  • Pour the dressing over the pasta mixture. Toss gently until all ingredients are coated.
  • Cover the bowl and chill the pasta salad in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows the flavors to combine.
  • Serve the cold pasta salad in a chilled bowl. Garnish with fresh herbs if desired.

Notes

This recipe is easy to scale up for batch meal preparation. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
By Grace Williams, contributor at Recipes by Betty.
Keyword cold pasta salad lunch, easy lunch pasta salad, summer cold pasta