Hot Eats and Cool Reads: Tomato and Spinach Pasta Salad Recipe

Jul 11, 2012

We just celebrated my niece Grace's 13th birthday. My brother in law Jeff smoked some chicken and she picked out the side dish to go with it. I just loved how this salad turned out. It is very light and summery! We are huge pasta salad lovers, so this is right up our alley. Hope you enjoy it too!

Tomato and Spinach Pasta Salad (print recipe)

What you need:

12 ounces mini bowtie pasta, cooked according to package directions, and rinsed in cold water

3 cups baby spinach

2 cups grape tomatoes, halved

1/3 cup scallions, sliced

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 teaspoons dijon mustard

3 garlic cloves, minced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine pasta, spinach, tomatoes and scallions. In a small bowl whisk lemon juice, mustard, garlic, olive oil, and sugar until combined. Drizzle sauce over pasta, add parmesan, salt and pepper and toss to evenly coat the pasta. Chill until serving!

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Fantastic Thursday at Five Little Chefs
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Full Plate Thursday at Miz Helen's Country Cottage

34 comments:

Ellen B CookeryJuly 11, 2012 at 9:51 PM
THis is ideal. I love these pasta salads with things that are in season. YUM!
Jessica@AKitchenAddictionJuly 12, 2012 at 10:15 AM
This is my kind of pasta salad! Delicious!
Caity @ Awkward KitchenetteJuly 12, 2012 at 10:35 AM
So pretty and sounds great too!
AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 11:21 AM
This looks so refreshing.
Love Bakes Good CakesJuly 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM
I love spinach and tomato combos ... Idk why, but I never thought about putting them in a pasta salad! Pinned :)
BeverleyJuly 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Hi Sheena....so delicious looking with all my best flavours...will make this at the weekend...have a great day and thank you xoxo

Beverley
Michelle DayJuly 12, 2012 at 10:28 PM
My kind of summer dinner :) Looks delish! Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. I can't wait to see what you link up next. Have a great weekend.

Michelle
annies homeJuly 13, 2012 at 9:30 AM
love light pasta salads like this oh so yummy
Miz HelenJuly 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Hi Sheena,
Your recipe looks awesome! Hope you have a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Alil Country SugarJuly 13, 2012 at 4:43 PM
I think pasta and spinach should be married.....They go so well together. The salad looks fabulous! Thank you for linking to Foodie Friends Friday.
Kim (Sunflower Supper Club)July 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Sheena~ We too are huge pasta salad lovers. I have some homegrown tomatoes sitting on my counter and I know what side we are having with our Sunday supper. Thanks so much for being so faithful to the Weekend Potluck and linking such delicious dishes! Have a terrific weekend!
~Kim
Lois ChristensenJuly 14, 2012 at 7:02 PM
This salad looks really good. We love pasta here as well! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday! Please come back next week with another GREAT recipe!
UnknownJuly 14, 2012 at 8:50 PM
Great recipe... Can't wait for my tomatoes to be ready so that I can try this... think it would be better with fresh garden tomatoes. Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday.
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Ericka BreedloveJuly 15, 2012 at 2:53 PM
This looks like a tasty and healthy recipe! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
Bobbi | Bobbi's Kozy KitchenJuly 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM
This just screams summer yumminess!! Thank you for sharing it on Manic Monday!
CaroleJuly 19, 2012 at 3:16 PM
The subject of this week's Food on Friday is Salad. It would be great if you linked this in. This is the link .
AnonymousJuly 19, 2012 at 7:42 PM
oh yum!!! and how perfect now with all the garden tomatoes. looks so pretty too. thanks!!!
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a great picnic dish!

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