Greek Tortellini Salad

Side Dish

Aug 11

Servings: 8 | Prep: 10 min | Cook Time: 15 min

INGREDIENTS

8 oz cheese tortellini
½ cup feta cheese crumbled
¾ cup cucumber diced
¾ cup grape tomatoes halved
¼ cup kalamata olives pitted and halved
2 tbsp. red onion diced
½ cup Greek dressing
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

Greek tortellini salad is a mix of cheese tortellini, cucumbers, olives, tomatoes, and feta cheese. all tossed in a Greek dressing. It makes for the perfect summer side dish or meatless main course!

Can you make Greek Tortellini Salad the day before? – Yes, definitely! It’s a great side dish to make the day before a party or potluck. Because this gives the tortellini time to soak up the dressing. I would recommend if you’re planning on making it ahead of time to put only half of the dressing in when you make it and right before you plan to serve it toss in the remaining dressing.
How Long Will the Tortellini salad keep in the refrigerator? I would give the salad a five day limit in the refrigerator.
Can you freeze the Tortellini salad? I would not recommend freezing the salad.
- Cheese Tortellini – I prefer to use refrigerated cheese tortellini for this recipe. But you can use frozen, or even dried tortellini.
- Feta Cheese – You can buy a block of feta cheese and crumble it into the salad or buy pre-crumbled feta cheese.
- Cucumber – I like to use English cucumbers because they’re seedless. You can use standard cucumbers as well, and just remove the seeds if preferred that way. I also like to leave the skin on the cucumber, that is also up to you. I like the crunch and color it adds to the salad.
- Grape Tomatoes – Grape or cherry tomatoes both work for this recipe.
- Kalamata Olives – If you know me, you know I love olives so you know any pasta salad I make there will be olives present in the salad. If it were up to my husband olives would be left out of this recipe. Make sure to buy pitted Kalamata olive for this recipe.
- Red Onion – I’m not a fan of red onion but I’m aware that the red onion gives this salad some great flavor. I prefer to slice the in slightly larger chunks to make it easier to pick through them if needed.
- Greek Dressing – Feel free to make a homemade Greek dressing for this recipe. For me I prefer convivence when it comes to this recipe. Ken’s Greek dressing is my favorite for this recipe.

DIRECTIONS

Cook the tortellini according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cool water.
Remove any excess water from the tortellini, then place in a large bowl. Add in the feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, red onion, Greek dressing, salt, and pepper.
Toss the salad to coat evenly.
Serve or chill the salad covered for an hour or two, to allow the flavors to marinate, then toss again and enjoy!