The other day, I was eating egg noodles, and I had this revelation that a cool salad could be very nice with addition of pasta. I was sort of thinking about the different courses that you get at an Italian restaurant--iceberg lettuce salad, an entree (like eggplant parmigiana) and a side of pasta.
What if all those elements are combined? Typing this now, I know it sounds like some sort of stoner fantasy. But I mean instead, what if you tipped all those proportions into a more healthy proportion?
For the first incarnation, I made a salad of watercress, arugula, parley and oregano leaves topped with tomatoes and oregano flowers. Having dressed it with lime and grapeseed oil, I topped it with warm tortellini, using High on the Hog's egg noodle recipe, stuffed with Greek feta and Greek mizithra cheese. Finally, this got a deserving kiss of parmesan, and voila pasta salad.
24 comments:
Adding tortellini to a salad sounds good.
OMG - I am so hungry now (and I just finished eating dinner).
What a gorgeous plate! It's a salad, it's a meal and it has Greek cheeses...you get the gold star from the Greek today!
Works for me :)
If Salad comes before Pasta it means it's healthy, right? :)
Great looking salad!
To me, tortellini makes the BEST pasta salad. And yours, my dear, looks positively delicious!
Your salad looks absolutely delicious!
Greetings,
Tiina
Oh! I like it. That's my kind of pasta-salad. The pasta looks really yummy.
I don't think it's a stoner fantasy at all....:)
What a creative and healthy idea. Good job with thinking out of the box :)...I bet they are much better than croutons!
Love these colours! Great idea addings Feta stuffed tortellini to it.
How pretty your salad looks! I like this version very much because I can eat more of it with out being too full from too much pasta. It's the perfect ration of pasta to veggies!
Your tortellini look just perfect. I love the idea of little carb satisfaction with all of those glorious veggies.
Yum! That looks great. Beautiful photos.
I love your blog!
Hi Maybelle's Mom,
Your salad looks wonderful. I always forget to put herbs in my salad, always doing the lazy thing and just toss a few greens (and maybe some reds and oranges) in. Yours looks very refreshing and summery.
Um... I got tagged with my first foodie meme and I am supposed to tag other people. So I tag you, if you have time. Info here on my blog-- http://eatabagel.blogspot.com/2008/07/internet-memes-and-foodie-tag.html
Your dishes look great. Have a good day!
Colourful and yummy!
wowww fresh and healthy! ^_^
Hi Maybelle
Thats a refreshing and colorful salad...
I have always loved cold pasta on salad. The best!
Great idea. I'll definitely try that this week.
Hey Feeding Maybelle--have you written about fennel lately? Can you provide any advice on cooking with it? It's the only plant that truly loves my yard...
A wonderful salad, so perfect specially at this time of the year.. awesome ;-)
thanks to all of you for commenting. it makes me happy.
Lovely photos! The shot in the colander is my favorite. Clicked through from Tastespotting and am impressed by your blog, photography, and your post proliferation!
Holy cow if making your own tortellini isn't the most industrious thing ever?! I am so not that motivated. But I'm glad you are!
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