Meatless Monday: Quick and Easy Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
I am always on the lookout for yummy, but quick and easy ways to create a meal that will also serve as leftovers. And boy, did I find a good one!
It’s tomato season. I love roasted vegetables. I miss pasta salad. My dietitian told me to get a variety of protein sources. These four factors combined to create a wonderful meal that nutritious in its own meatless way, or a great accompaniment to chicken, fish, or whatever floats your boat, especially if you’re trying to stretch it.
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Ingredients
1 pint (or so) grape tomatoes, halved
2 bell peppers, cut into bit-sized pieces
1-2 cups small cauliflower florets
1 cup sugar snap peas
1 box organic green lentil penne
Olive oil
Pinch of salt
Your fave salad dressing
Dash of Cajun spice or hot sauce
Note: this is very much a fly by the seat of your pants, eyeball, “what’s going limp in the fridge” kind of salad. The base is pasta and grape tomatoes, but play with ingredients and amounts based on your preferences and… well, what’s going limp in your fridge.
Directions:
Arrange halved grape tomatoes, bell peppers, and cauliflower on a baking sheet. Add some olive oil — I used a spray
Place baking sheet in preheated 450°F oven and roast for 20 minutes, then check if the vegetables are done. This might need another 5-10 minutes, depending on your veggies and your preferred level of roast.
While the vegetables are roasting, boil the pasta. Use box directions or your own favourite method.
Then cut up the sugar snap peas or other raw vegetables you are adding to the salad.
When the pasta is done, drain and add to a bowl. Add roasted and raw vegetables, as well as salad dressing and a pinch of salt. Mix well. If you’d like a hit of heat, add a dash of Cajun spice or some hot sauce.
This tastes yummy warm, lukewarm, and cold.
Enjoy!
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Hey that looks tasty !!!
I really is! Would you be able to eat lentil pasta?
I love making pasta salad- I’ve never thought about using roasted veggies. I pinned your recipe and I can’t wait to add it to my menu plan for next week!
I didn’t either. Until a food discussion with my SIL. And then I improvised. 🙂 Thanks for the pin – hoep you enjoy the salad!
This looks quick and easy to make. I love the idea of meat free Monday.
Super quick and largely hands-off (which I enjoy tremendously). Thanks for your comment.
I’m so happy I clicked on this on a right time! I’m about to make dinner and I guess I may have to make this tonight. Thank you!!!
Hope you liked it!
Yay, a vegetarian recipe! I love roasted vegetables and adding them to pasta sounds like a great idea. I think I’ll add some pesto as my dressing of choice. Anndd, now I’m hungry!
Ooooh… pesto would be awesome! Thanks for the tip. This is turning into a community recipe. 🙂
Past salad with roasted vegetables? I’ve never thought of this before but it sounds delicious! I love that the recipe is versatile and you can roast and add whatever you have on hand (perfect for those nights you need dinner fast and have no plan!) Thanks for the great new recipe to add to the mix.
Isn’t it? And it makes it all all-year salad/dinner, not just mostly for the summer.
This look so tasty and yummy. I will definitely look into trying it out. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad it inspires you. Enjoy!
I love Meatless Mondays! This looks so simple yet tasty, I will give it a try this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Let me know how it works?
Looks very delicious. I love pasta, easy to make.
I love anything that’s idiot-proof! 🙂
This sounds super delish! I’m still learning the trick of, “what’s about to spoil and make something good out of it”. Hopefully, I can move forward and get a little better about not wasting food:) Also, sugar snap peas? I never thought to add those in!!
I’m still building up my repertoire of dishes that can used the just about to go bad things. Soups and stews are always good unless you cooking it a lot anyway, so it doesn’t matter. Highly recommend watching food channels on YouTube. It’s taught me a lot. PS Sugar snap peas are good with anything! 🙂
Roasted vegetables are amazing with any pasta. I am going to have to try this recipe soon for a family meal.
Roasted veggies are like candy… 🙂
It’s a shame I’ve just eaten my dinner otherwise I’d have had this tonight! Still, that’s tomorrow’s meal sorted!
Pastas are my fave 😍😋 but i have never tried them with other veggies other than peas. Will try it!
I love doing meatless Monday! I’m going to have to try this delicious looking recipe!
You definitely should. It’s delicious!