**Indulge in a Culinary Delight: Pasta with Tomatoes, Green Beans, and Feta - A Symphony of Flavors**
Embark on a culinary journey with this delectable pasta dish, a harmonious blend of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds. Featuring tender pasta, juicy tomatoes, crisp green beans, and tangy feta cheese, this dish is a symphony of flavors that will leave you craving for more. The vibrant colors of the ingredients create a visually appealing masterpiece, while the aromatic herbs and spices add depth and complexity to the dish. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a novice in the kitchen, this recipe is easy to follow and promises a delightful meal that will impress your family and friends. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your taste buds, and let's embark on a culinary adventure that will leave you utterly satisfied.
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BAKED FETA PASTA
Whether you're an avid TikTok user or just a casual Instagram consumer, you've probably seen the feta and tomato pasta taking the social media world by storm. It has an interesting history. In 2018, Finnish blogger Tiiu Piret (@tiiupiret) shared a recipe for a pasta containing prosecco, baked feta and tomatoes. In 2019, another Finnish blogger, Jenni Häyrinen (@liemessa), shared her simplified version of the dish on her blog and Instagram using the hashtag #uuifetapasta. (Afterward, sales of feta in Finland apparently increased by 300 percent.) American food influencer MacKenzie Smith (@grilledcheesesocial) eventually heard about the dish from a friend with a Finnish boyfriend. In January 2021, she posted a translation of the popular recipe on her blog and Instagram, which led to it going viral in the United States. It's easy to see why the recipe has achieved such fame: Cherry tomatoes and a whole block of feta are baked until soft and melty, then tossed with garlic, basil and cooked noodles for a beautifully cheesy dish. We opted to use a short tube pasta so the sauce can get trapped inside each piece and added a pinch of flaky sea salt on top to perfectly balance the dish.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 45m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Toss the cherry tomatoes and olive oil with 1/4 teaspoon of salt and several grinds of black pepper in a medium bowl until combined. Transfer to a 2 1/2- to 3-quart baking dish, place the feta in the center of the tomatoes and season with a pinch of black pepper. Bake until the tomatoes have burst and the feta has softened, about 30 minutes. Raise the heat to 450 degrees F and continue to cook until the tomatoes and feta are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 13 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water, then thoroughly drain the pasta.
- As soon as the tomatoes and feta come out of the oven, stir in the garlic and red pepper flakes (if using). Use the back of a spoon to smash the tomatoes and feta into a smooth and creamy sauce (it's okay if some of the oil isn't fully integrated). Add the pasta and half the basil and toss until evenly coated. If the sauce is too thick, stir in some pasta water a couple tablespoons at a time. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve topped with the remaining basil and a pinch of sea salt.
GREEK GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH FETA AND TOMATOES
This cold green bean salad is made with feta cheese and tomatoes and is one of my favorite salads for a picnic or a barbeque. I make this amount for 2 or 3 people, but you can easily double or quadruple the recipe.
Provided by Gundi
Categories Salad Vegetable Salad Recipes Green Bean Salad Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 3
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil and cook beans until they are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well. Combine green beans and tomatoes in a large bowl
- Stir together olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Add shallot, parsley, and garlic. Pour dressing over beans and tomatoes and mix. Mix in crumbled feta cheese. Allow to sit for 20 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.4 calories, Carbohydrate 22.4 g, Cholesterol 16.8 mg, Fat 22.6 g, Fiber 7.2 g, Protein 7.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 287 mg, Sugar 8.8 g
RAW TOMATO AND GREEN BEAN PASTA
This quick and simple salad is a colorful, delicious and easy-to-transport alternative to pasta salad.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Pasta and Grains
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta 3 minutes less than package instructions, then add beans and cook until just tender. Drain and return to pot.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine tomatoes, garlic, oil, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add pasta, beans, and half the feta and herbs; toss to combine and season. Serve warm or at room temperature. Sprinkle with remaining feta and herbs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 592 g, Fat 23 g, Fiber 8 g, Protein 20 g, SaturatedFat 8 g
PASTA WITH TOMATOES, GREEN BEANS & FETA
Make and share this Pasta With Tomatoes, Green Beans & Feta recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Dancer
Categories Penne
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Start a large pot of water to boil with 1 tbsp.
- salt.
- While water heats, toss tomatoes with garlic, salt, pepper, oil, herbs and vinegar (if using) in a pasta bowl.
- Add feta.
- Let sit at room temperature 15 minutes or longer.
- Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Add pasta to boiling water.
- Cook 5 minutes.
- Add beans.
- Keep cooking until pasta is al dente, firm to the bite (see cooking time on package).
- Drain, toss with tomato mixture and serve.
- The tomato mixture, without the herbs, can be made hours ahead.
- Hold in or out of the refrigerator, but let it come to room temperature before adding herbs and tossing with cooked pasta.
TOMATO-GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH CHICKPEAS, FETA AND DILL
This is a perfect salad for summer, when the market is chockablock with great produce. Use whatever tomatoes are sweetest, and feel free to add yellow wax beans or romano beans in addition to green beans. If your market has fresh shelling beans, use those instead of chickpeas. Plan ahead to soak dried chickpeas overnight. With a soak, they only take an hour to cook, and taste better than canned ones.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories easy, salads and dressings, vegetables, appetizer
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a medium saucepan of water to boil over high heat. Add 1 teaspoon salt, then the green beans. Cook until beans are tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Transfer beans to a large bowl of cold water. Drain in a colander and blot green beans dry with a kitchen towel.
- Make the dressing: In a small bowl, put lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, a pinch of salt and some black pepper to taste. Whisk in olive oil.
- Make the salad: Add cherry tomatoes, green beans and chickpeas to a large salad bowl, and season with salt and pepper. Add dressing and toss to coat. Add feta and toss once more. Let marinate for 10 to 15 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- To serve, sprinkle generously with dill and oregano.
PASTA WITH TOMATOES, BEANS AND FETA
This recipe is from the vegetarian cookbook Mediterranean Harvest. You can substitute green beans or Italian flat beans for the fava beans.
Provided by Eat Your Vegetables
Categories Penne
Time 55m
Yield 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add a generous amount of salt and the beans. Boil favas for 1 minute, then remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and shock in a bowl of ice water. Boil green beans for 5 minutes until just tender and transfer to a bowl of ice water. Cool for a few minutes, then drain. Save the water for the pasta.
- In a large pasta bowl, toss together the tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, mint, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the beans, toss together, and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to an hour. Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Bring the salted water back to a boil and add the pasta. Cook until al dente, drain, and toss with the tomato mixture. Add the feta, toss again and serve at once.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 760.4, Fat 14, SaturatedFat 4.3, Cholesterol 90, Sodium 206.8, Carbohydrate 124.2, Fiber 19.3, Sugar 10.3, Protein 36.9
GREEK PASTA WITH TOMATOES AND WHITE BEANS
An easy, quick, and tasty recipe. The flavors are wonderfully different as they are combined and meld together.
Provided by Joelene Craver
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Greek
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
- Meanwhile, combine tomatoes and beans in a large non-stick skillet. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
- Add spinach to the sauce; cook for 2 minutes or until spinach wilts, stirring constantly.
- Serve sauce over pasta, and sprinkle with feta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 459.8 calories, Carbohydrate 79 g, Cholesterol 16.7 mg, Fat 5.9 g, Fiber 11.5 g, Protein 23.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 592.8 mg, Sugar 8.3 g
GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES, AND FETA
Not your usual green beans, but so great and easy. I had these as a side at a restaurant in Atlanta and have re-created this version.
Provided by alijen
Categories Vegetable
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, prepare an ice bath for cooling the beans.
- Cook the beans in salted boiling water, about 6 minutes, until crisp, but tender.
- Drain the beans, then cool in the ice bath.
- Drain and put the beans in a serving dish.
- Add the feta cheese to the cooled beans.
- Heat the olive oil and add the garlic, about 60 seconds, until fragrant.
- Remove form heat and add the tomatoes, olives, lemon juice, and oregano.
- Toss this mixture.
- Pour over green beans and feta and stir gently to combine.
PASTA SALAD WITH GARBANZO BEANS, TOMATOES AND FETA CHEESE
Steps:
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool. Drain again.
- Combine 1/4 cup mint, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic and lemon peel in large bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Add pasta, tomatoes, garbanzo beans and feta cheese. Toss to blend well. Season salad to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared ahead. Let stand at room temperature 2 hours; or cover and refrigerate overnight, them let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.)
- Mound salad on large shallow platter. Garnish with additional mint.
SPAGHETTI WITH FETA, OLIVES AND GARLIC BEANS
Provided by Linda Wells
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium-low heat, add the onion and cook slowly until it is translucent. Add the three cloves of minced garlic and continue cooking for one minute. Add the beans and cover the pan. Cook slowly for about 30 minutes, until the beans are soft. If the mixture dries, add a few tablespoons of water. Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add the spaghetti and boil for about two to three minutes if using fresh pasta or 10 to 12 minutes if using dried, until the spaghetti is al dente. (Depending on the brand of spaghetti, cooking times may vary.) Drain well.
- In a small bowl, combine the chopped olives with the finely chopped garlic. Set aside.
- In another small bowl, toss the diced tomatoes with the fresh lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a large saute pan, heat the butter until it is nut-colored. Add the cooked pasta and toss. Add the feta cheese and stir until slightly softened, about five to seven minutes.
- Transfer a portion of the pasta onto each plate. In a straight line down the center of the plate, top the spaghetti with one mound of the bean mixture, one of the tomato-lemon mixture and a pile of the olive-garlic mixture. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 698, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 84 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 20 grams, SaturatedFat 15 grams, Sodium 751 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
TOMATO GARDEN PASTA
Aileen Sheehan of Stafford, Virginia mixes fresh tomatoes, green beans and pasta with a splash of balsamic vinaigrette, a hint of basil and chives and crumbled feta cheese for a colorful, Mediterranean delight. "I have served this many times, using fresh tomatoes from my garden. It's a wonderful side dish," Aileen says. "With Italian sausage and basil bread, it's a scrumptious meal."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 30m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions, adding beans during the last 5-6 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, garlic, chives and basil. Drain pasta mixture and add to tomato mixture; toss to coat. Serve warm or at room temperature. Sprinkle with cheese just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 242 calories, Fat 6g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 372mg sodium, Carbohydrate 40g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 9g protein.
ORZO WITH FETA, GREEN BEANS, AND TOMATOES
Steps:
- Fill a 4-quart kettle three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
- Chop onion and mince garlic. Quarter and seed tomatoes. Cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
- Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking. Drain beans well in a colander and pat dry. Add beans to tomato mixture and return water in kettle to a boil. Boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander. Add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.
MARINATED GREEN BEANS WITH OLIVES, TOMATOES, AND FETA
This is a wonderful summer side dish. Allow the flavors to marinate together overnight for even better results.
Provided by Lynne23235
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Tomatoes
Time 3h40m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat and drop in the green beans; cook until slightly tender, but still crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately drain the green beans and plunge into ice water to stop the beans from cooking further. Drain the beans and place them in a shallow serving dish.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in the oil for about 30 seconds. Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in the olives, tomatoes, vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper. Pour mixture over green beans. Toss together until beans are evenly coated. Sprinkle feta cheese over the top and garnish with oregano sprigs. Chill at least 3 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.3 calories, Carbohydrate 10.6 g, Cholesterol 20.2 mg, Fat 14 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 596.9 mg, Sugar 3 g
PASTA WITH TOMATOES AND BEANS
This pasta is one reason I always keep a few cans of tomatoes and cannellinis in my pantry. Beans contribute protein to this pasta, which makes a great vegan dish if you serve it without the cheese.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dinner, weekday, pastas, sauces and gravies, main course
Time 30m
Yield Serves four
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet or saucepan. Add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Add the garlic, and stir together until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes with juice and a pinch of sugar. Raise the heat slightly, and cook, stirring, until the tomatoes are bubbling vigorously. Lower the heat to medium-low, and cook gently, stirring and mashing the tomatoes often with the back of your spoon until they have cooked down into a thick, fragrant sauce, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the beans and the herbs, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
- When the pasta water comes to a boil, salt generously and add the pasta. Cook al dente, following the recommendations on the package but checking about a minute before the indicated time. When the pasta is just about done, check to see if the tomato sauce seems dry. If so, add up to 1/4 cup of the pasta water to the pan and stir. Drain the pasta, toss with the sauce and serve, passing the cheese for sprinkling.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 524, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 92 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 10 grams, Protein 20 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 738 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams
Tips:
- Choose ripe, flavorful tomatoes. This will ensure that your sauce is packed with flavor. If you can, use heirloom tomatoes or tomatoes from a farmer's market.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the tomatoes. This will prevent them from steaming and becoming watery. Cook them in batches if necessary.
- Season the tomatoes well. Salt, pepper, and garlic are all essential seasonings for tomato sauce. You can also add other herbs and spices, such as basil, oregano, or chili flakes.
- Cook the sauce until it has thickened. This will take about 20 minutes. The sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Add the feta cheese just before serving. This will prevent it from melting and becoming rubbery.
Conclusion:
This pasta with tomatoes, green beans, and feta is a delicious and easy-to-make meal. It's perfect for a weeknight dinner or a casual lunch. The combination of sweet tomatoes, crisp green beans, and salty feta cheese is irresistible. Serve it with a side of crusty bread to soak up all the delicious sauce.
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