Hi everyone, Katherine here with Katherine's Plate
Today I'm going to take your average ordinary salad and your average ordinary pasta salad
and I'm going to create something great. Now I'm going to be using a lot of fresh ingredients and I'm going to be using a lot
of colorful ingredients as you can see. So I'm going to turn all of this into a Greek pasta salad
So are you ready? Alright, let's get going. Alright, so the only cooked ingredient in this salad is your pasta
Now I'm using a farfalla pasta. This was one pound so I went ahead and cooked it in some salted water per the instructions
and it was eleven minutes for all one pound of this. So I'm going to go ahead and just cool this off while I'm preparing the rest of my ingredients
for my salad. I'm making the dressing now. You will need one cup of tzatziki sauce, three tablespoons of red wine vinegar, half
a tablespoon of minced garlic, two teaspoons of granulated sugar, one third cup of olive
oil, and some salt and pepper to taste
Alright, now we're going to mix it all up using a whisk
Alright, now I'm going to start chopping my veggies and I'm going to use like half a head
of lettuce. You can use any lettuce you want. I've got a seedless cucumber, that way I don't have to scoop out all the seeds that's
there and I'm going to quarter these. I've got a red onion, I'm going to use half a red onion and I've got some parsley here
and cherry tomatoes. So I'm going to cut these in half lengthwise for our salad
I've got two cups of these that I'm going to chop up. Alright, so the last thing that I'm going to do is I'm going to add some olive oil to
the pan and I'm going to put in there, it's going to be parsley. I'm just giving it a rinse right there, cleaned it up
I'm just going to give it a little rough chop, maybe about five swipes on that and then I'll
use the rest for another dish. Oh, that smells good. Alright, I think it's all good and chopped
I'm going to go ahead and put that in my bowl. Alright, so now I'm going to be adding the sliced Kalamata olives
These are sliced, no pits. About half a cup, so I'm going to go ahead and measure these out
Oh, they smell so good. Mmm. You see where I'm going with this, right
Mmm. Mmm. Alright, let's see. I think I got my half now
Yep, alright. I'm going to go ahead and add these to my bowl. Alright, now I have some feta cheese in crumbles
I'm going to put about, let's see, I'm going to do this
Probably not too much. I've got about half a cup of feta cheese, so I'm going to put that in my salad now also
Alright, y'all, look at all those colors in there and textures. And then don't forget our Greek tzatziki sauce dressing
That's going to go in there too. So I'm going to start mixing this very carefully
and then we're going to add the dressing and then taste it. Alright, now I'm going to add my dressing
Oh, look at that, y'all. Oh my goodness. After this, we're going to try it
I'm going to get a bowl and I'm going to put this in there, but you know what
I think this is my bowl. Okay, I'm getting a good mix on everything
Oh, look at the colors. Does that look delicious? Does that scream summer
Nice, cool, refreshing. This will fill you up, that's for sure. Oh
Alright, everyone, look at that salad. It is not your average regular salad
It is not your average pasta salad, but I turned this into a Greek salad with a nice Greek dressing using a tzatziki sauce
I added kalamati, olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pasta, feta cheese, red onions
Y'all, come on. How much prettier can that be? I'm going to go ahead and put this on my plate
Yep. There we go, right there. That's what I'm talking about. Alright, y'all
Catherine's plate. Alright, I got my cucumber, my pasta, my olive, and let's do a tomato
Look at that bite. Look. Alright. Alright, y'all
I'm going to see you on my next episode. This is too good to even finish my show
Alright. Do y'all want to come over and have a plate? I live in Texas
Is that too far? Alright. Y'all, thank you so much for coming to my show today
I really enjoyed making this pasta. My family is really waiting to eat this salad
So, give me a big thumbs up for my salad today. Also, comment down below what you think on my Greek pasta salad
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