Summer Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• Salad
  • 1 lb pasta (farfalle, fusilli)
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • ½ medium red onion, sliced
  • 1 cup garbanzo beans
  • 1 large cucumber peeled and seeded
  • Bruno’s Wax Peppers, sliced
  • ½ cup kalamata olives, halved
  • ½ cup Spanish olives, halved
  • 8 oz salami, chopped 
  • 1 container feta

  Dressing

  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp fresh oregano
  • 1 tbsp fresh basil
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • Salt & pepper to taste 

Directions

Step 1
Cook pasta according to the directions of the pasta of your choice. 

Step 2
While pasta is cooking, prepare the dressing by combining all the ingredients in a mason jar. Shake jar until dressing emulsifies and let chill in refrigerator, then chop all ingredients for salad.

Step 3
Strain pasta from water and let cool for a few minutes. Once pasta isn’t steaming, combine pasta, chopped ingredients, cheese, garbanzo beans, and dressing in a large bowl. Then put mixed pasta salad in refrigerator.

Step 4
When the pasta salad is chilled, serve and enjoy! Pair it with 3 Girls Sauvignon Blanc or white wine of your choice.