Vegetable Pasta Salad: Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 eggplant (1 lb/500 g)
  • 2 each yellow and green zucchini (1-1/4 lb/625 g total)
  • 3 large carrots, peeled
  • 1 each sweet red and yellow pepper
  • Half Spanish onion
  • 8 oz (250 g) asparagus
  • 1/3 cup (75 mL) white wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup (75 mL) olive oil
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) Dijon mustard
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and pepper
  • 3 cups (75 mL) rotini pasta
  • 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped fresh basil

Cooking Instructions

  1. Cut eggplant into 1/2-inch (1-cm) thick rounds. Cut yellow and green zucchini and carrots lengthwise into thirds. Seed, core and cut red and yellow peppers into wedges; cut onion into wedges, leaving root end intact. Snap off ends of asparagus. Place in bowl. Whisk vinegar, oil, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper; toss half with vegetables.
  2. Place vegetables on greased grill over medium-high heat; close lid and cook, turning once, for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender-crisp. Return to bowl; let cool slightly. Cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) pieces, returning vegetables and any juices to bowl.
  3. Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender but firm; drain well and add to bowl along with remaining vinaigrette. Toss to coat. (Salad can be covered and refrigerated for up to 6 hours.) Add basil and toss. Serve at room temperature.
Per serving: about 233 cal, 5 g pro, 10 g total fat (1 g sat. fat), 33 g carb, 5 g fibre, 0 mg chol, 243 mg sodium. % RDI: 4% calcium, 10% iron, 97% vit A, 90% vit C, 30% folate.

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