{"id":1694,"date":"2021-10-07T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T17:40:38","slug":"loaded-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/loaded-pasta-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaded Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This salad is so full of goodness, I serve it as a whole meal. The secret is the abundance of feta cheese, which gives it its delicious flavor even more than the dressing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yield: 2 large servings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 tablespoons olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bc teaspoon pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd lb. pasta, cooked and drained<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/3 cup cherry tomatoes, halved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Kirby, thinly sliced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 oz. feta cheese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dressing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 tablespoons olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bc cup parsley flakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 tablespoons lemon juice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 teaspoons basil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 teaspoons honey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a medium mixing bowl, toss sweet potato with oil, salt, and pepper. Spread onto baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Toss and bake for an additional 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients until smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place pasta, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes, and cucumber in a large bowl. Crumble feta cheese over vegetables and pour in the dressing. Toss and serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This salad is so full of goodness, I serve it as a whole meal. The secret is the abundance of feta cheese, which gives it its delicious flavor even more than the dressing Yield: 2 large servings Ingredients: Salad: 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed 2 tablespoons olive oil \u00bd teaspoon salt \u00bc teaspoon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}