ramyaramesh3007This pasta salad is tangy, refreshing, and is incredibly easy to make! It contains loads of sun dried tomatoes which is in my opinion, superior to regular tomatoes.
You may be thinking…GOD the endless number of pasta recipes! I have no defense to this because pasta may be just one of the best ingredient to experiment with. Not only that, pasta is always there for you – whether you’re home or miles away, turning to pasta for comfort has become a phenomenon.
And to the hot girls with stomach problems, I gotchu’. This pasta salad is refreshing, tangy and healthy to make at any time, especially during those hot days that wear you down. Fresh tomatoes are great but they can be pretty acidic in nature, so sundried tomatoes to the rescue!
What You Need
The sun-dried tomato pasta sauce is very simple to make – it consists of sundried tomatoes (obviously), olive oil, nutritional yeast, dried basil, lemon juice, black pepper, chili flakes (optional) and black pepper.
I paired it with black olives, artichokes, diced avocado, some more sundried tomatoes and lightly toasted pine nuts. You can use canned artichokes and sundried tomatoes, but fresh ones work even better. You can substitute the pine nuts that are used to top the pasta salad with toasted chopped walnuts.
The sauce is gluten free and you just have to switch up your pasta to your favourite gluten free option.
Sundried Tomato Pasta Salad
Equipment
- 1 Blender
- 1 Large Pot
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
- 1 tbsp oil from sundried tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- salt
Other Toppings
- 1/4 cup chopped pitted black olives
- 1/4 cup chopped artichokes
- 1/8 cup chopped sundried tomatoes
- 1/2 avocado (cubed)
- 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package ingredients, until you get an al-dente texture.
- Blend together the ingredients needed for the sauce – sundried tomatoes, oil, nutritional yeast, lemon juice and other condiments.
- Assemble the pasta, toppings and pour over the sauce.
- Mix together and finally top with some toasted pine nuts.
Notes
- Use a gluten-free pasta for a gluten free option.
- You can substitute pine nuts for freshy toasted walnuts.