Pesto Pasta Salad with Quorn Vegan Pieces
Fresh and simple vegan pesto pasta salad recipe oozing with lots of green goodness! Made using Quorn Pieces, this meat free dish can be prepared super quickly so it’s perfect for a fuss free weeknight dinner.
Serves 4
20 mins
Easy
Vegan
Made with Quorn Vegan Chicken Pieces
High in protein
Source of fibre
Low in saturated fat
Ingredients
- 350g Quorn Vegan Pieces
- 400g cooked pasta
- 65g kale
- 65g baby spinach
- 3 spring onions
- Fresh thyme
- 200g green peas
- pine nuts
- fresh basil
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Method
- To make the pea pesto, prepare the peas according to the instructions on pack. Blend the cooked peas with the pine nuts, basil and olive oil in a food processor and until smooth. Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
- Next, fry the Quorn Vegan Pieces until golden brown. Add the kale and fry for a few more minutes then combine in a bowl with the cooked pasta, spinach and pea pesto mix.
- Finally, chop the spring onions fresh thyme. Sprinkle over the pasta salad, serve and enjoy.
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