I originally made this as a cooked meal, but was so hot and frazzled the other day that I couldn't face standing around a cooker. In my opinion it actually made a better salad, with fresher flavours, more juice and more filling. I even had some left over for lunch the next day.
Peperonata pasta salad
Serves 2-3
Takes 20 minutes
2 sweet peppers (I usually use one yellow and one orange)
2 large 'beef' tomatoes
Half a red onion
A handful of kalamata olives each
100g crumbly salad cheese
170g brown spaghetti
A handful of torn fresh basil leaves
Olive oil and vinegar for seasoning
* Put some water on to boil for the pasta and slice the peppers and onion into very thin slices. Slice the tomato as finely as you can, but don't get rid of any juicy bits. Slice the cheese into small chunks and prepare the basil leaves.
* Once the water is boiling, drop the pasta in and cook as per instructions (mine said boil for 9-10 minutes).
* Put all the other ingredients into a bowl and toss with a little of the oil and vinegar (don't forget the olives!)
* When the pasta is cooked, drain and either add to the bowl and drizzle with the rest of the oil and vinegar or leave to cool a bit first. Toss in with the rest of the ingredients and serve.
This doesn't need anything else with it as the pasta and raw veg are really quite filling.
I love salads and this salad is worth tasting, thanks for sharing, if you want some salad recipes as well, here the link for it "thesaladsite.com"
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