BARBIE RAINBOW PASTA SALAD (MEAL-PREP)

Name: BARBIE RAINBOW PASTA SALAD (MEAL-PREP)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 350g wholemeal pasta; 1 tsp olive oil; 2 cups diced broccoli; 2 cups cooked black lentils; 1 cup roasted capsicum diced; 1/4 cup fresh parsley; 2 tbsp toasted pinenuts; 2 cups chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp tahini; 150g beetroot; 4 tbsp lemon juice; 1 small garlic clove; 1 maple syrup; 4 tbsp water; pinch of salt

4 steps

Prep:15minCook:10min

One of you beautiful baes requested a rainbow pasta salad with a creamy dressing (I can’t find the comment anymore; please say Hi if you see this 🥰), and with the whole Barbie craze, I could not resist but make it pink and call it a Barbie dressing. I actually have not seen the Barbie movie (yet!), but it seems to encourage people to eat more beetroots, to make their food pink, so it’s already a winner in my book 🙂 The dressing is actually the same as our Sunset Roasted Cauli Steak, and I highly recommend you check it out on our website if you haven’t already. It’s absolutely delicious and so colorful! This easy meal prep turned out insanely delicious, and with 27g of protein, 17g of fiber, and some healthy fats from the pinenuts and tahini, it is also very satiating! Making it the perfect lunch to take to work or school. It’s such a winner it will show up again on our rotation even long after the Barbie trend disappears. I hope you love it as much as I do! Ps: please toast your pine nuts; it tastes so much better! 3 to 4 minutes on a medium heat pan is all they need. I usually toast the whole bag at once; it keeps really well 🙂 You can roast the capsicum yourself, but I chose to use jarred to keep it quick 🙂

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:01:07 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories579.5 kcal (29%)

Total Fat11.6 g (17%)

Carbs102.1 g (39%)

Sugars11 g (12%)

Protein25.7 g (51%)

Sodium361.3 mg (18%)

Fiber19.8 g (71%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

350gwholemeal pasta

1 tspolive oil

2 cupsBroccoli

diced

2 cupsblack lentils

cooked

1 cuproasted capsicum

diced

¼ cupfresh parsley

2 Tbsppinenuts

toasted

2 cupschopped tomatoes

Barbie Dressing

2 Tbsptahini

150gbeetroot

4 Tbsplemon juice

1garlic clove

small

1 Tbspmaple syrup

4 Tbspwater

salt

Instructions

Step 1

Cook the pasta according to your packet instructions. Once drained, add 1 tsp of olive oil, stir, and allow to cool down.

Step 2

Blanch the broccoli by adding them to a pot of boiling water, cook for 2 minutes, drain, then add to a bowl of ice water. Allow to cool down and drain.

Step 3

Blend the dressing ingredients until smooth.

Step 4

To assemble, layer the sauce, pasta, lentils, broccoli, capsicum, tomatoes, parsley, and pinenuts in a bowl, enjoy!

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