This pasta salad is loaded with fresh falvours. With spiral pasta, fresh herbs such as basil, thyme and rosemary. It’s an easily cusomizable salad to showcase any of your favorite veggies and herbs.
I’m somewhat of a night owl. During a nocturnal second wind, I made this lovely lemony herb infused pasta salad that is perfect to eat throughout the week. I love this simple vinaigrette because it’s simple and easy to make. Made with lemon juice, zest and olive oil. This herb combination is the perfect match with fresh lemons. The shrimp can be grilled or sauteed in pan with olive oil. I tossed the shrimp with pepper flakes, lemon zest and olive oil. Seasoned them with salt and pepper and sauted them until they turned a light reddish color. You can use any kind of crustracean for this pasta salad.
Lemony Grilled Shrimp Herb Pasta Salad Ingredients:
This is what I used for this pasta salad. but feel free to substitute your favorite ingredients.
- Peeled shrimp. For more flavor, leave the shells on the shrimp. Sometimes to save a few pennies, the peeled shrimp is the way to go.
- Pasta: Fusili, penne or elbow macaroni.
- Vegetables: french cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.
- Herbs: Fresh basil, thyme and rosemary.
- Olive oil, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
- Lemons: I love using the zest along with the juice for an added punch of lemon.
- Cheese: A good feta cheese either crumbled or cubed. I used Athen’s Greek feta cheese.
How to make the Lemony grilled shrimp pasta salad:
- It’s a matter of balancing, and it couldn’t be easier. Start the pasta so you can prepare the rest of the ingredients while the pasta is boiling. Cook the pasta al dente.
- Drain the pasta and toss in the lemon juice, zest, olive oil and herbs while it’s still warm. The warm pasta will absorb the flavor of the other ingredients.
- Season toss the shrimp in the herbs, lemon zest and olive oil and grill or pan fry a few minutes on each side, until cooked through.
- Finally add your favorite veggeis and the remaining ingredients. The tomatoes, cucumbers and feta cheese cubes. I love cherry tomatoes because they give you a pop of tarty sweetness. You can add your favorite herbs such as oregono, mint and dill. Avocado would also make a tasty addition to this pasta salad.
Lemony Grilled Shrimp Herb Pasta Salad
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 25 Minutes
- Yield: 4–6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound of peeled shrimp
- 3 cups of cooked spiral pasta
- 8 ounces feta cheese, cubed
- 2 lemons, juiced and zest
- 1 tablespoon each fresh rosemary and basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- I cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 teaspoon pepper flakes
- 1/4 olive oil
- salt and pepper taste
Instructions
- Add the spiral pasta to a post of salty water. Bring to a boil and cook until the pasta is al dente. Rinse under cold water to stop the cooking.
- While the pasta is boiling, toss the shrimp in lemon zest, pepper flakes and olive oil. Grill or saute in a saute pan until shrimp turn a pinkish red color. Set aside.
- Add all the ingredients to the pasta, and toss to combine.
- Either serve immediately or leave at room temperature for up to 45 minutes. You can refrigerator this salad and eat it cold. If you do this, leave out the tomatoes and add them in when you are ready to serve.
Notes
- This pasta salad is delcious as a cold salad. All you need to do is omit the tomatoes and add them in when you are about serve the salad. Also, if you chooses to store and serve cold, leave out most of the vinaigrette and add more in when you are ready to nosh.
Recipe adapted from The Olive and Mango
- Category: Salads
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Lemony Grilled Shrimp Herb Pasta Salad
Wow, this pasta was SO, SO good I have to make it again ASAP! I love the lemon with the shrimp, it’s a great combo. And, I must say, your photos are beautiful, mine definitely didn’t look like yours, but that’s ok, LOL!
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Haha thank you so much! I bet yours came out so delicious!
What a delicious pasta salad! Can’t wait to try out your recipe! I’ll bet my family will love it! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you Nora! I hope you and your family enjoy this salad 🙂
Beautiful pics! I need to try a new pasta salad recipe and I love that yours includes shrimp – it looks and sounds SO good!
You had me at shrimp and pasta. Thank you so much for this great recipe, I can’t wait to make it. My family will love it! I also love how colorful and vibrant this dish looks, great job!
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I’ve been looking for a good pasta salad recipe. I love that this one has feta cheese! Thanks for sharing.
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This recipe was PERFECT! Every bite was packed with flavor and the lemon zest was such a nice touch. It’s a healthy meal that I will be enjoying all summer. Thanks for sharing!
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This is a lovely looking pasta and throughly enjoyable!
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This is the perfect summer pasta salad! My family loves pasta salad and anything with shrimp, so I know they’d love this. Can’t wait to try it!
I was just at the grocery store yesterday looking at the shrimp and wishing I had a recipe in mind to buy some! Well, here it is a day later haha. I’m definitely saving this recipe so I can justify picking up some shrimp on my next grocery trip.
I love pasta salad and this one sounds amazing!!
This sounds like tonight’s dinner! Thanks for the idea:))
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What a gorgeous pasta salad. I can’t turn it into a low point salad but using whole wheat pasta. Perfect for cottage season!!
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This looks and sounds like the perfect salad for the warm days of summer. Refreshing, filling and yet still light. Love the ideas in this recipe and it’s a great excuse to use more herbs.
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