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This Greek pasta salad recipe is a go-to for cookouts, picnics, and easy lunches all summer long. It’s loaded with feta, olives, fresh herbs, and a zippy lemon-oregano dressing! Here’s my go-to when it comes to pasta salad: Greek pasta salad! As a recipe developer over the past decade, I’ve made just about every pasta salad recipe imaginable. And this is my favorite! This recipe stars Mediterranean-style flavors with chewy bowtie pasta: juicy cherry tomatoes, cool cucumber, salty olives, and savory feta, handfuls of fresh parsley and dill, plus a Greek-style vinaigrette dressing. I love making this for picnics, cookouts, pitch-ins, barbecues, or even for healthy lunches throughout the week. 5 Star Reader Review “This is a wonderful pasta salad. It’s perfect for summer time and I love bow tie pasta. Thank you!” -Odile Ingredients in Greek Pasta Salad The concept of pasta salad is an American invention, as you might gues...

This skillet pesto salmon is a one-pan weeknight dinner ready in 30 minutes and full of bold flavor! Fresh tomatoes cook down into a jammy sauce, finished with a swoop of vibrant pesto. Here’s an easy dinner recipe that I am obsessed with because it’s so full of flavor and feels so fancy, so it works for weeknights and date nights!. The idea came from Alex, who spotted a TikTok trend of steaming whole tomatoes in a skillet with onions and garlic. The tomatoes collapse into a jammy sauce at the bottom of the pan and it really is as good as it looks. It takes only 30 minutes, one pan, and it tastes like you put in way more effort! For the pesto, I love using my pistachio pesto, a recipe I developed after my parents came back from a trip to Sicily raving about the stuff. But honestly, any homemade pesto will work! Why You’ll Love This Recipe Ready in 30 minutes. This recipe fits into any busy weeknight rotation if you make the pesto in advance...

This skinny margarita recipe is only 100 calories and tastes just as good as the classic! It’s ready in 5 minutes with fresh lime, orange juice, and a touch of sweetener. Want a margarita recipe with less calories? There’s a solution for that: the Skinny Margarita! Now that I’ve been drinking a lot more mocktails , I realized that this is my perfect drink: like a mashup of my virgin margarita and beloved classic margarita . From the first sip of my first “Skinny”, I realized this drink is extraordinarily tasty and does not taste like you’re giving anything up. Using lots of lime, orange juice, and a little less tequila, it’s possible to make a margarita that tastes as good as the real thing (I think!). It’s now a part of my go-to margarita recipes . What Is A Skinny Margarita? A skinny margarita is a margarita designed to have less calories than the standard recipe. A classic margarita is a mix of tequila, lime...