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This Gluten Free Greek Pasta Salad is one of my favourite lunch recipes or BBQ side dishes. I took my favourite Greek Salad recipe and whipped it into a simple gluten free pasta salad with tomato, cucumber, red onion, olives and feta in a tangy dressing.
The Best Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
You can’t beat a classic Greek Salad when it comes to the summer months. So turning this into a gluten free pasta salad recipe seemed like the best idea ever!
Gluten free pasta is mixed with feta, olives, cucumber, tomato and onion and swirled in a lemon, feta and oregano dressing. Delicious hot or cold!
It’s a great cold gluten free pasta salad and perfect as a side dish for a BBQ, a picnic or summer salad spread. It is also great as a gluten free lunchbox idea.
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Ingredients and Substitutions
There’s a printable recipe card below for this easy Greek Pasta Salad recipe with the full quantities. But here are the main ingredients and ideas for any swaps.
- Gluten Free Pasta: I usually use Rummo pasta for this recipe as it has the best texture when eaten cold! You could also make this using gluten free orzo if you prefer.
- Feta: Use a dairy free one for a vegan version or a low fat feta for a lighter version.
- Cucumber: Or use mini cucumbers if you prefer.
- Tomato: I use smaller tomatoes like plum or cherry tomatoes, but you could dice a larger tomato instead.
- Red onion: Spring onions are not traditional but would have a more subtle flavour.
- Kalamata olives: You can use black olives if you prefer.
- Greek Yoghurt: For a vegan version use a coconut yoghurt or soy yoghurt.
- Oregano
- Olive Oi
- Lemon Juice: I squeeze mine fresh but you can use lemon juice from the bottle if easier.
- Red Wine Vinegar: To me this is the best (and only!) vinegar to use in a Greek salad. And yes, red wine vinegar is gluten free!
- Garlic: Fresh minced, garlic paste or chopped garlic all work fine.
How to Make Greek Pasta Salad
There’s a printable recipe card below with the method. But here are some step-by-step photos to show you how easy this gluten free Greek pasta salad is to make.
Storing and Freezing Instructions
TO STORE: This pasta salad can be eaten fresh while still warm, or can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours before and eaten cold. I don’t recommend freezing.
TO MAKE AHEAD: If you like, you can chop all the veg and mix up the dressing up to 24 hours beforehand. Refrigerate, then add to the freshly cooked pasta and mix.
Serving Suggestions
Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 300 g gluten free pasta
- Half a cucumber
- 150 g plum tomatoes
- 100 g feta cheese
- 100 g pitted Kalamata olives
- 1 red onion
For the dressing:
- 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 50 g feta
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Cook the gluten free pasta as per the pack instructions. Once cooked, drain and set to one side.
- Meanwhile, chop the cucumber into 2cm chunks and cut the tomatoes in half (if using larger tomatoes, cut them into similar-sized chunks to the cucumber). Finely chop the onion.
- Mix all of the dressing ingredients together, using a fork to ‘mush’ the feta into the mixture. A few little lumps is fine but you want it to be fairly well mixed together.
- Add the cucumber, tomato, red onion, olives and cooked pasta to a large bowl. Crumble the feta using your hands (or roughly chop into small pieces) into the bowl. Mix together well.
- Pour the dressing over the salad, mix well and then serve straight away. Alternatively, leave to cool and enjoy chilled.
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More Easy Salad Recipes
If you like this easy salad recipe, then make sure you check out these other gluten free salad recipes next…
- Rocket Salad
- Chicken and Bacon Pasta Salad
- Cheeseburger Salad
- Potato Salad
- Crispy Rice Salad
- Greek Salad
- Mexican Corn Salad
- Couscous Salad
- La Scala Salad
- Hot Honey Beef Bowls
- Pesto Pasta Salad
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