Pastas are a great source for complex carbohydrates, easy to prep and delicious as well. You can make a reasonably healthy pasta salad if you add some vegetables, a protein source, a dressing and also additional fresh herbs.
Ingredients
- Fusilli Pasta 80g
- 5 grape tomatoes
- 4 pieces of button mushroom
- 90 grams of firm tofu (you can use also kidney beans, chickpeas, chicken breast, cottage cheese or mozzarella cheese balls)
- A handful fresh rucola/arugula
- Pesto dressing or any other dressing of your choice
Directions: Cook the pasta based on the package, while the pasta is being cooked start to cut mushrooms in slices, grape tomatoes in half and chop as well as the rucola. The firm tofu pat it dry with a towel to get rid of the fluid and cut it into cubes. You can add the tofu raw in your pasta or sauté them together with the mushrooms. Add 1 to 1 ½ tbsp. olive oil to a non-stick pan, add the tofu cubes with mushrooms together and a pinch of salt. Sauté them until you’ll get a golden brown color. Once the pasta is done and mushrooms with tofu are cooked , add the pesto dressing to the pasta and combine everything together. Give it a stir and is ready to serve.
You can pick a drink for this meal either a glass of cold orange juice, lemonade, water or wine.
Thank you for reading it, hope you’ll try it and find it delicious. Have a good day.
D.Sh
