Did I mention I’m going to Greece soon? I have one more agonizing week until I fly off to my Mediterranean retreat. No phones, no clients, no traffic, no humidity…no stress. Has anyone seen the Italian-made movie called Mediterraneo? It’s about a boatload of Italian soldiers who are sent to the Greek island of Kastellorizo to occupy the island as part of the Italian WWII campaign. The Italians’ boat gets bombed and they end up stranded. At first they resent being stuck in a backward Greek island but soon they mix with the locals, enjoy the simple life.
Rapt in their new Greek way of living worry-free, the war ends and they are collected by their new British allies to be taken back home. They are sad, reluctant and sentimental about leaving such a beautiful life behind. I get this sentiment every time my Greek odyssey comes to an end.
On to the dish. I’m trying to use up what I have in the fridge and I’m careful about what I buy for the remaining week (I hate throwing food out). I watched an episode of Licence to Grill and Rob Rainford made an interesting pasta salad. I had all the ingredients except for the yellow zucchini and tortellini. I simply used penne and good ole’ green zucchini. This salad has a balanced flavour, not too tart like many pasta salads and it’s backyard/picnic safe as there’s no mayonnaise in it.
Click here to follow the instructions for the Grilled Pasta Salad
That looks really tasty. The grill marks on the zucchini look perfect.
It sounds delicious whether you use the tortellini or any other pasta. I have not seen the movie, but I can understand the sentiment. Have you read “The Magus” by John Fowles. I found it to rather dark but friends recommended it to me highly. Also set on a Greek island.
That pasta salad looks fabulous! I’m so jealous you’re going to Greece, I’m on holidays the same week, but I’m just going camping… in a TENT :(
No phone? I really should try that sometime…
Hope you are not going near the fires…
The pasta salad is perfect with my current zucchini explosion!
You are definitely charmed! Greece for the holidays and delicious leftovers before you leave :-D Hope your vacation is everything you anticipate (how can it be otherwise?)
I am so jealous of your trip to Greece!
This pasta salad looks so good…I can’t wait to try it!
Have a great holiday! The food will be terrific! Be sure to take your camera!