Tortellini Salad
Tortellini salad loaded with bunch of veggies, tangy capers, feta cheese and Mediterranean flavored homemade dressing!
Servings: 3
Ingredients
Veggies
- 1 cup Multi Color Sweet Peppers cut in circle or sliced
- 1 cup Sliced Red Onions
- 1 cup Sliced Carrots
- 1 cup Baby Spinach Ribbons baby arugula can be used instead
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes, cut in halves
- ¼ cup Capers olives can be used instead
- ½ cup Feta Cheese
- 1 cup Boiled Asparagus
- 3 cup Boiled Cheese Tortellini any pasta would work
Dressing
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Horseradish Mustard
- ½ tsp Pink Salt or regular salt
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 tsp Dry Oregano
- 1 tsp Dry Thyme
- 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
- 1 tbsp Honey or maple syrup
- 2 tsp Minced Garlic
Instructions
Prepare Dressing
- Blend all dressing ingredients using a blender or shake it vigorously in a mason jar to everything mixes well.
Prepare Salad
- Boil tortellini/pasta al dente as per box instructions. Add cut asparagus to boiling pasta when there is one minute left for tortellini/pasta to be done boiling.
- Drain it using strainer, run cold water through it and drain it completely.
- Mix all veggies and boiled tortellini/pasta along with asparagus in a big wide bowl.
- Pour dressing over it and mix well.
- Add feta cheese and capers/olives and mix it well.
- Serve it cold!
Notes
You can make this a day ahead and keep it refrigerated for couple of days!