Pasta Salad (serves 4 – gluten free)
This is the most simple pasta salad ever but sometimes with family food, simple is best. These fun tri-colour pasta shapes are coloured with vegetables and are easily found. Any pasta will do though – gluten-free, paleo or wholemeal.
This recipe is from the Veggie Tree Cookbook by Anna Valentine. Anna’s recipes also feature in our Vegetarian Living NZ magazine.
Even if you have a tiny patch of garden or only a pot you will be able to grow some calendula or borage. Once you have it, it pops up year after year in the craziest places. Nasturtiums and onion weed grow wild all over New Zealand (please reference my edible flowers blog on theveggietree.com so you can be sure of what you are gathering). You can also buy edible flowers in some stores and markets.
Once the water has come to the boil add:
Toss together well and top with a few extra petals.
You could also add feta cheese (make your own dairy-free feta), any leftover grilled or roasted vegetables, pesto, sliced beans or snow peas, avocado chunks, olives or sprouted pulses.