Pasta Salad with Goat Cheese and Arugula

By á-177799

Quick and easy pasta salad with greens and cheese. Bring this to your next picnic or pack it up for lunch!

Ingredients

• coarse salt and ground pepper
• 3/4 pound gemelli or other short pasta
• 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
• 3/4 cup crumbled fresh goat cheese (3 ounces)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1 bunch arugula, torn
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain pasta and rinse under cold water. In a large bowl, toss pasta with beans and goat cheese.

In a bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, and mustard and season with salt and pepper. (To store, refrigerate pasta mixture and dressing separately, up to 1 day.) To serve, toss pasta mixture with dressing, arugula, and onion.