Artichokes and Hearts of Palm Pasta Salad

Artichokes

I selected artichokes as the focus of this week’s Good Friends Good Food salad.  We like them at our house, but I don’t serve them very often.   I had thought that it might be an opportunity for  fresh artichokes, something I have never prepared.   However, this was not a good week at our house for extra effort.  The canned ones worked very well though.

Artichokes in a Pasta Salad

I often make a pasta salad where I throw together a variety of vegetables.  It is usually quite good, but I don’t have a specific recipe.  For this salad, artichokes was a given and I thought hearts of palm would be another good addition.  If you look at the photo of ingredients below, you might want to call it everything but the kitchen sink pasta.    Though there are quite a few ingredients, it is really easy to make.  While the pasta is cooking, the dressing can be made and the vegetables can be chopped.  This makes a really big bowl of pasta salad.

Recipe

Ingredients

Dressing:

1/2 c. Olive Oil
2 teaspoons Dried Oregano
2 teaspoons Garlic ,  minced
3 Tablespoons Wine Vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Rotini Pasta, 14.5 oz

Vegetables:

Artichokes, 14 oz, well-drained and roughly chopped
Hearts of Palm, 14 oz, well-drained and sliced
1 cup Grape Tomatoes, halved
1/3 cup Red Onion, chopped
1/2 cup Kalamata Olives, sliced
1 medium Red Bell Pepper, chopped
3 Large Radishes

Add When Serving:

Lemon Juice
Worcestershire Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Directions

Combine ingredients for dressing and allow flavors to blend while preparing other ingredients.

Meanwhile, cook pasta in salted water per instructions on box.  While pasta is cooking, chop vegetables and put in a very large bowl.  Drain pasta and rinse in cook water.    Add pasta to vegetables and then add the dressing.  Stir well.

Serve in individual bowls and add as much cheese as you like.  Sprinkle with Worcestershire and squeeze lemon juice over individual salads and stir to combine flavors.

In Conclusion

In short, it was a good pasta salad.  Perhaps not my best ever, but quite tasty.  I was shooting for some of the taste of the 1905 Salad at Columbia Restaurant.  It wasn’t the same, but I liked the addition of the lemon and Worcestershire.  My husband had two generous servings, so it must have been pretty good.

Good Friends Good Food

Check out other Good Friends Good Food dishes with the links below.  Lastly, my page, Vegetables with Good Friends, Good Food,  has links to other vegetables we have previously prepared.

Ellen

Kayte

Margaret

Nancy

Peggy

Ulrike

Happy Cooking Everyone!