Recipe
Vegan Pasta Salad
This vegan pasta salad has a delicious pesto made from olives and parsley, which go perfectly with cherry tomatoes, fresh broccoli, red onion, and chickpeas. It's a great vegan dish to bring to a party or for meal-prepping lunches for the week!
Ingredient batch: 1× original. Base yield: 10 servings.
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- Yield
- 10 servings
- Prep
- 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 454 g pasta cooked - bowties or fusili work well
- 237 mL broccoli chopped finely (volume measure)
- 118 mL red onion sliced thinly (volume measure)
- 118 mL cherry tomatoes halved (volume measure)
- 15 oz (1 can) chickpeas rinsed & drained — package or uncertain unit retained; no metric conversion
- 15 mL apple cider vinegar (other vinegar ok) (volume measure)
- salt & pepper to taste — count retained
For The Pesto
- 118 mL parsley (volume measure)
- 59 mL black olives (volume measure)
- 4.9 mL garlic minced (volume measure)
- 4.9 mL oregano (volume measure)
- 59 mL olive oil (volume measure)
Base draft — original amounts
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- 16 ounces pasta cooked - bowties or fusili work well
- 1 cup broccoli chopped finely
- 1/2 cup red onion sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 15 oz (1 can) chickpeas rinsed & drained
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (other vinegar ok)
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup parsley
- 1/4 cup black olives
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions, slice veggies, and rinse & drain chickpeas.
- In a food processor, combine parsley, olives, garlic, and oregano and process until fine. Slowly add olive oil while processor is running.
- In a large bowl, toss cooked pasta with veggies and pesto. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Chill, covered, for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
After 1-2 days you can add another teaspoon or so of apple cider vinegar if desired.
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