QUICK N' HEALTHY VEGGIE PASTA SALAD

I only had red capsicum on hand but it was still very good. It's a definite 'Make Again' quick lunchtime dish

Either more beans or chicken to make it more of a meal.

We tossed in corn, celery, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. It ended up being our main dish for dinner, and it was yummy! Per request, I made the copycat Olive Garden Italian dressing instead of the dressing in the recipe. Big hit!

I roasted the veggies. 😋

Need to find a different dressing, but otherwise it was good.

I added chili vinegar instead of Dijon mustard and sautéed the peppers. I added a tad bit more pasta 😂

Very tangy and acidic (no fun if you recently burned the roof of your mouth, which I did). Good flavor though!

I put mine on a bed of spinach for some extra greens. The sauce is very mustardy, feel like it could really be brought to the next level if the sauce had something else but I don't know what. Is yummy either way. Nice textures.

This is a great basic salad for fussy people and/or beginners, once you’ve got it together you’ll inherently decide there’s a little something(s) you can add to make it more delicious! My daughter ate the whole salad apart from the chick peas so thats a great rating! A great lunch salad to throw together when you are meal prepping for the week ahead because it keeps so well, each day I simply add a protein of choice when I’m ready to eat. The recipe does not state this but if you ice water bathe the pasta once it’s cooked the whole recipe will come together so quickly. This should always be done when eating the cooked pasta chilled because it stops the cooking process.

Really good. An easy lunch to take into work etc.

No oil used, added agave to sweeten sauce