Greek Pasta Salad with Tortellini is a delicious side dish recipe bursting with the flavor of olives, feta cheese, olive oil and red wine vinegar.
This pasta side dish is best served cold. The cheese tortellini provides little pockets of joy in your mouth. I love this dish so much, I could eat it as my main meal.
Crispy veggies and tortellini are tossed in light Greek-style dressing and sprinkled with feta. This Greek salad is simple and easy to make.

Greek Tortellini Salad Ingredients
To make this Greek side dish recipe, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):
- Cheese tortellini
- Lebanese cucumber: You can substitute English cucumber.
- Tomatoes
- Green bell pepper
- Red onion
- Black olives: You can also use kalamata olives.
- Feta cheese
- Fresh oregano, optional garnish
- Olive oil
- Red wine vinegar
- Dried oregano
- Salt & Pepper: Don’t add too much salt to the dressing as the Feta is already salty.

How to Make Greek Pasta Side Dish
- Cook the tortellini according to the package instructions. Once the pasta is cooked, run under cold water to stop it cooking further.
- Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the tortellini.
- Dice the cucumber, tomatoes and pepper, finely chop the red onion, and halve the olives. Mix the vegetables in with the tortellini.
- Sprinkle over the feta cheese. Sprinkle dried oregano on top, optional.

Can I Add Meat to this Recipe?
If you wanted extra protein you could add grilled chicken to the salad along with the vegetables.

Storage Instructions
This cold pasta salad will keep in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.


Greek Pasta Salad with Tortellini
Greek Pasta Salad with Tortellini is a delicious side dish bursting with the flavor of olives, feta cheese, olive oil and red wine vinegar.
Ingredients
- 10 oz cheese tortellini
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced (or English cucumber)
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- ½ green bell pepper, diced
- ½ small red onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup black olives, halved
- 3.5 oz feta cheese
- Fresh oregano, optional garnish
For the Dressing:
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Cook the tortellini according to the package instructions. Once the pasta is cooked, run under cold water to stop it cooking further.
- Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the tortellini.
- Dice the cucumber, tomatoes and pepper, finely chop the red onion, and halve the olives.
- Mix the vegetables in with the tortellini.
- Sprinkle over the feta cheese.Sprinkle dried oregano on top, optional.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 cupAmount Per Serving: Calories: 253Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 359mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 7g