Veggie Pasta Salad

Veggie Pasta Salad

A medley of crunchy vegetables tossed with pasta served as a starter

Ingredients

200g bowtie pasta

2 red peppers

2 yellow peppers

carrots

1 punnet mushrooms

8 med baby marrows

1pkt mange tout beans

5ml mixed herbs

Salt to taste

Oil for stir frying

Method

Wash and prepare vegetables. Halve peppers and remove seeds and membrane. Clean carrots, peel skin off mushrooms, wash baby marrows and top and tail tout beans.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Cook pasta in large pot in enough salted boiling water until al dente. Once cooked, place pasta in a large bowl and keep aside. Rub the skin of the red and yellow pepper with a little oil and roast at 180°C until skin blisters.

Remove from oven and place in a plastic bag to allow to sweat. Once cooled, peel off the skin of the peppers. Slice peppers into neat strips and keep aside. Cut carrots into julliene and keep aside. Slice mushrooms and keep aside. Cut the baby marrows in half lengthwise and then cut each half at an angle forming halfmoons.

Heat a wok or fairly large pan. Add a little oil and stir fry carrots until just soft, but still crispy. Remove from pan and keep aside. Stir fry mushrooms until just browned. Remove and add to carrots. Stir fry marrows until just soft. Remove and add to carrot mixture. Add all vegetables to pasta and toss. Sprinkle with herbs and salt. Leave aside.

NB: Option – as you stir fry the veggies, add a little salt.

Salad dressing

100ml sunflower/olive oil

60ml lemon juice

5ml dried mixed herbs

20ml crushed garlic

2 chillies, finely chopped.

Salt to taste

Mix all the ingredients together and whisk. Check seasoning.

Pour the dressing over the warm veggies and pasta and mix through gently. Add the amount of dressing as desired, just to coat and give flavour. Place in a decorative bowl or serve in individual bowls as a starter. Leftover salad dressing can be refrigerated for later use.

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