Chop, slice, and dice all the vegetables, herbs, and have them ready. Having all the ingredients prepared will make everything 10x easier. When ready, let's cook the pasta next.
COOK PASTA
Cook the gluten-free pasta according to the manufacturer's instructions (my pasta needed 4 quarts of water, a generous handful of salt, and cook time took approximately 10-12 minutes.)
After the pasta has cooked in a well-seasoned pot of water, transfer the pasta into a colander, and gently run cold water over it to help stop the cooking process. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. While the pasta continues to cool, let's make the dressing.
MAKE DRESSING:
In a mixing bowl, add the extra virgin olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, garlic powder, oregano, cilantro or parsley, salt and pepper, and whisk until a creamy homogenized dressing forms (set aside). Now let's put it all together.
TO FINISH:
Add all of the pre-chopped vegetables to the bowl with the cooled pasta and the artichokes. Add the dressing and toss until all of the ingredients are well- combined.
Serve or cover the pasta salad and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
No cherry tomatoes? Use grape, heirloom, Roma or any sweet tomato you can find.Which Cucumbers? Feel free to use seedless English cucumbers, seeded cucumbers, or Persian cucumbers.This salad would also taste delicious with Bulgarian soft cheese or Greek dried cheese.