Wednesday 20 February 2013

From the garden into the pan (hopefully)...

Roasted vegetable pasta with chorizo & feta
Good morning!  Brrrr - it's cold today!  But the sky is blue and I think it is going to be another beautiful sunny day.  I did a little bit of tidying in the garden yesterday and am getting excited about planning my vegetable garden for this year.  When I say vegetable garden, I mean my one raised bed and containers - small but I think just right for a beginner like me.  I grew dwarf peppers last year (indoors) but this time, I am going for the larger ones.  And I will definitely grow more cherry tomatoes - I love those!  Both would go perfectly in today's recipe...roasted vegetable pasta.

This dish is a great "fridge cleaner" - you can use up leftover vegetables, slightly bruised tomatoes,...

For this version, I used chorizo sausage and feta cheese together with roasted vegetables but anything goes really.  I roasted peppers, red onion, garlic and cherry tomatoes in the oven with a good drizzle of olive oil, salt & pepper and some Italian herbs for about 20 minutes at 180c (fan oven).  Whilst they were sizzling, I cooked some dry pasta according to the packet instructions and set that aside.  Once the vegetables were done, a few bits of chorizo sausage went into my wok (no need for any oil) and fried for a couple of minutes before I mixed in the cooked pasta and vegetables, heating everything through.  And just before serving I added a bit of crumbled feta cheese.  Quick and easy and ever so tasty!

I love how you can just amend it to whatever you like and have to hand - you may not have feta but want to grate some hard cheese over the top.  Or maybe you want to keep it vegetarian and leave out the sausage, giving extra flavour by adding a couple of spoons of pesto.  I think this makes a lovely lunch or quick dinner for during the week.

4 comments:

  1. Delicious! Chorizo goes so well with pasta and I like to add feta to a pasta, it gives it a nice creamy texture.

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    1. :-) I do love chorizo! It does go so well with pasta and adds a bit of spice which is nice. I've made this before with roasted butternut squash which also works very well. Oh, getting hungry now :-) Kirsten x

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  2. Now I must by some chorizo. Never tried it in pasta. Plus I found a local store that had leeks so I see a few more of your recipes coming to my table soon! Thanks. Have a Great Day!

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    1. It's really lovely with pasta - I just cut it into cubes...yum! Excellent news about the leeks as well! Have a great day too! Kirsten x

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