This Tzatziki Pasta Salad is perfect for serving with Greek food. Flavored with olives, cucumber, and fresh dill, plus a creamy greek yogurt-feta dressing.
Did you see the article in Huffington Post a few weeks ago about the most popular summer food in each state? There are a lot of people out there who like pasta salad!
I can attest to that because Caesar Pasta Salad is the second most popular recipe on Spicy Southern Kitchen.
Growing up I was never a huge fan of pasta salad. In fact, given the choice between pasta salad and potato salad, I would always choose potato salad.
That was probably because the only pasta salad I was exposed to was soggy pasta drowning in a bottle of Italian dressing.
But now that I’ve discovered that there are pretty much an infinite number odf ways to make pasta salad, they have my interest.
Tangy Greek Yogurt Dressing
This Tzatziki Pasta Salad is far from ordinary. It has a creamy and a little tangy Greek yogurt dressing and plenty of Greek flavors: feta cheese, kalamata olives, cucumbers, and fresh dill, plus a few marinated artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomatoes.
If you are a fan of Greek food you will really dig this Tzatziki Pasta Salad. It goes great with burgers and grilled chicken.
Tzatziki Pasta Salad Recipe Tip
It’s best to make this pasta salad at least an hour in advance to give the flavors time to blend.
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What readers are saying
This really is delicious-refreshingly light, yet very filling. I served it with cold poached salmon. A cool dish for hot night!
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More Pasta Salad Recipes
- Caesar Pasta Salad
- Easy Macaroni Salad
- BLT Pasta Salad
- Jalapeno Popper Pasta Salad
- Shrimp and Dill Pasta Salad
- Tex-Mex Pasta Salad
Tzatziki Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (7-ounce) container low-fat plain greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup feta cheese
- 1 clove garlic,, chopped
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 ounces penne pasta,, cooked to al dente
- 1 (6-ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts,, drained (if they are large cut them into smaller pieces)
- 2/3 cup Kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup slivered sun-dried tomatoes,, the kind packed in oil
- 1 small cucumber,, diced
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
Instructions
- In a bowl, stir together greek yogurt, mayonnaise, 1/4 cup feta cheese, garlic, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
- In a large bowl, combine pasta, artichoke hearts, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, cucumber, and onion.
- Pour dressing over pasta mixture and toss to coat. Season to taste with more salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle I/2 cup feta cheese and fresh dill on top. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally posted June 2, 2015.
I made this today, the mix of ingredients is great, but I think quite scant. My first problem was it called for 12 oz of the pasta, mine was a box of 16 ozs which I think is more common in the typical grocery store. So right off the bat I had to improvise. From previous experience pasta absorbs moisture, so even though I made extra amount of dressing because of the extra 4 oz of pasta it just wasn’t enough. So I made more, perfect! Also 1 clove of garlic was laughable! I used 6 very plump garlic cloves ( Greek = garlic in my book, but that’s my preference ). I also included some of the olive juice, and some of the sundried tomatoes oil because it has so much flavor. Overall it is a very good recipe, I just tweaked it for my taste. Very happy, thank you for the recipe!
This is a favourite in our household! I always get asked to make this for pot lucks as well! So tasty and easy to make!