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Mar 23
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Pasta Salad with Feta and Roasted Vegetables

You wouldn’t know it from the snow outside, but according to the calendar it’s Spring! I knew I wanted to make a pasta dish with Feta cheese and tomatoes and when I saw asparagus was on sale at my grocery store this week I thought it would be the perfect addition! This was light, filling and delicious and the basil and asparagus made it taste like Spring to me (as long as I don’t look out the window). I love Feta cheese and its saltiness paired nicely with the sweet roasted tomatoes. I ate this as a main dish but it could certainly work as a side dish in a smaller portion and would be great to bring to a picnic or barbecue. 

Originally I ate this warm as a hot pasta entree, but the next day I ate some chilled from the fridge as a pasta salad and both were absolutely delicious.  I think I might even like it as a cold pasta salad better. Take your pick! To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!

Pasta Salad with Feta and Roasted Vegetables

This simple but flavorful pasta dish is delicious hot or cold!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Grape Tomatoes
  • 1 cup Asparagus, snapped into 1” pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil, divided
  • Salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 12 oz uncooked wheat penne
  • 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
  • 4 oz Feta cheese, crumbled

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, asparagus and garlic. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and salt & pepper to taste and toss to coat. Pour vegetables onto a baking sheet, making sure to drizzle all the oil from the bowl over the veggies and roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
  • Cook pasta according to package directions in salted water. Drain.
  • In a serving bowl, combine pasta with roasted vegetables and leftover juices/oil from the pan. Add remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, basil leaves and Feta cheese and additional salt and pepper to taste if necessary. Stir to combine. Serve warm, chilled or at room temperature.

Notes

To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
NUTRITION INFORMATION:
327 calories, 40 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 13 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 13 g protein, 5 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
MyWW SmartPoints per (1 1/2 cups) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 9 SmartPoints/ Blue: 9 SmartPoints/ Purple: 4 SmartPoints
WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PLUS:
9 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

9 comments on “Pasta Salad with Feta and Roasted Vegetables”

  1. This recipe really looks delicious. I love feta with pasta.

  2. I made this last Sunday and it was absolutely amazing!

  3. I am making this tonight, can’t wait!

  4. You will love it! I can’t wait to make this again.

    @ Heather – thanks!

  5. I just made this for dinner tonight and its delicious!

  6. so i just bought a gigantic thing of little tomatoes tonight just because it was cheap… now i know what i’m doing with it. you know i’ll report back with the results of this recipe 😉

  7. made it, it was yum and i liked the asparagus flavor, but i couldn’t really taste the feta. i would have put more but i couldn’t spare the points. 🙁 still, it’s really good as a side dish!

  8. Glad you liked it! I think I like it best as a cold pasta salad actually. Feta is definitely one of my favorite cheeses. I thought this was a good amount but if you want to add more, go for it!

  9. I just made this with spaghetti squash instead of pasta. Yum x 1000 (and about 150 less calories per serving!)

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