Grilled Pepper Pasta Salad
Total time: 25 minutes
Grilling peppers and onions adds a layer of sweetness not found with simple frying. If you don't do them on the grill, roast them on a baking sheet in a 400F (200C) oven for 30 minutes, stirring once. They should be just slightly crispy around the edges in spots when done.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups bite-size pasta, 110gr, 3.9oz
- 1/2 red pepper, 80gr, 2.8oz
- 1/2 green pepper, 80gr, 2.8oz
- 1 large onion, 175gr, 6.2oz
- 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
- 1/2 cup black, dry-cured, Greek olives, 50gr, 1.7oz
- 2 ribs celery, 100gr, 3.5oz
- 2 tbs fresh snipped basil
- 2oz feta cheese (about 1/3 cup), 60gr, 2.1oz
- Vinaigrette
- 3 tbs good olive oil, 40.5gr, 1.4oz
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
- 2 tsp Dijon-style mustard, 10gr, .35oz
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Slice peppers and onions, thickly.
- Put olive oil and Balsamic vinegar in a large bowl, add peppers, onions, and toss well to coat.
- Put into 'grill pan' (a metal or foil pan dedicated to use on the grill) or onto a mesh grill pan (the idea is not to have the stuff fall through the grate into the fire....) Cook over medium heat on barbecue grill for 10 - 15 minutes, until they have a nice color.
- Snip large basil leaves, leave small ones whole.
- Cut olives in half.
- Slice the celery at an angle.
- Put mustard in a small bowl, add vinegar and oil and whisk well.
- When pasta is done drain well, rinse briefly with cold water, drain well again, and put into a large bowl.
- Add peppers, onions, celery, basil, olives, feta and vinaigrette. Toss gently to combine.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 1237 / 618.5 Total Carbohydrates: 116 / 56 Dietary Fiber: 17 / 8.5 Total Fat: 76 / 38 Saturated Fat: 18 / 9 Cholesterol: 54 / 27 Protein: 28 / 14 Calcium: 902 / 451 Sodium: 1321 / 660.5 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
