{"id":7171,"date":"2026-08-23T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:25:35","slug":"easy-fresh-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/easy-fresh-pasta-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Fresh Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Easy Fresh Pasta Salad<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved<\/li>\n<li>3 cups romaine lettuce, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces rotini or bow-tie pasta<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup cucumber, diced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup red onion, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup shredded mozzarella or feta cheese<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup sliced black olives<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook the pasta according to the package directions until al dente. Drain and rinse under cold water, then let it cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine the cooled pasta, cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, cucumber, red onion, cheese, and black olives.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Toss everything gently until well combined and evenly coated.<\/li>\n<li>Chill for 20\u201330 minutes before serving for the best flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Add grilled chicken, turkey, or chickpeas to make this pasta salad a more filling meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy Fresh Pasta Salad Ingredients 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved 3 cups romaine lettuce, chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 8&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7173,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/7173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}