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Recipes

Flavour-Packed Protein Pasta Salad

This simple flavour-packed protein pasta salad is perfect for packed lunches, quick midweek dinners, or to enjoy with friends in the sunshine!

Our High Protein Rigatoni is tossed with rocket, roasted chickpeas, red peppers and olives – all brought together with a zesty lemon dressing mixed with our all plants Sundried Tomato Pesto.

It’s packed flavour and comes together in under 20 minutes.

Serves 2+

Ready in 20 mins

Ingredients

For the Pasta Salad

  • 570g chickpeas
  • handful of olives
  • 2 big handfuls of rocket
  • 1 jar roasted red peppers
  • 1 pack all plants High Protein Rigatoni
  • Good Drizzle of Olive Oil
  • Flakey Sea Salt & Black Pepper
  • big handful of basil, chopped - keep leaves whole if small enough
  • 2 garlic gloves, peeled

Red Pesto Dressing

  • Good Drizzle of Olive Oil
  • Flakey Sea Salt & Black Pepper
  • 1 heaped tablespoon of all plants Sundried Red Tomato Pesto
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon

Method

  1. Cook the pasta in boiling water for 6-8 minutes. Once cooked, rinse under cold water to cool and set aside.
  2. Roast the chickpeas: Toss the chickpeas and garlic cloves with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast in the air fryer or oven until crispy and golden.
  3. Make the dressing: Mix the red pesto, lemon juice, olive oil, salt & pepper. Mash in the cooked garlic from the roasted chickpea tray.
  4. ssemble the salad: In a big bowl, toss the cooled pasta, roasted chickpeas, chopped basil, peppers, rocket, and olives.
  5. Toss the dressing through just before serving and enjoy!

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