Spinach Salad with Pasta and Beans

For this salad, you need to boil curly pasta and combine it with beans, spinach leaves, tomatoes, onions, and cheese.

Ingredients

• Curly pasta – 300 g
• Fresh baby spinach leaves – 150 g
• Small white beans, canned (washed and drained) – 400 g
• Feta cheese (crumbled) – 1 cup (110 g)
• Dried tomatoes, not in oil (sliced) – 1/4 cup
• Green onions (chopped) – 1/4 cup
• Chopped lemon zest – 1 teaspoon.
• Fresh lemon juice – 2 tablespoons
• Olive oil – 2 tablespoon.
• Fresh oregano (sliced) – 1 tablespoon.
• Fresh thyme (chopped) – 1 tablespoon.
• Garlic (chopped) – 2 cloves
• Salt – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Ground black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Hard cheese like Parmesan (chopped into thin strips)

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine spinach leaves, beans, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, green
2. onions, lemon juice and zest, olive oil, oregano, thyme, garlic, salt and black pepper, stir, cover and leave the spinach salad at room temperature for 2 hours.
3. Boil the pasta in salted water until al dente, according to the instructions on the package. Throw the finished pasta in a colander, reserve 1/4 cup of water in which it was cooked.
4. Transfer the pasta to a bowl of spinach salad, pour in enough of the reserved water and mix well.
5. Serve spinach salad immediately, sprinkle with cheese.