The theme for Monday posts in August is…. Pasta Salads.
We’ve achieved lettuce / inexperienced salads, however that season is over now. Simply because the backyard lettuce has given up doesn’t imply my love of salads is over.
Pasta salads to the rescue.
After all, because it’s summer season, they’ll nonetheless be loaded with contemporary veggies from the potager.
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Sausage, Squash, & Lentil Pasta Salad
The most effective factor about salads is, like soups, you may add virtually something. Nice use for odd bits within the fridge.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Prepare dinner Time: 20 minutes
- Whole Time: half-hour
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Class: Pasta Salad
- 1/4 cup (1.75oz, 45gr) dried lentils
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) beef broth
- 1 1/4 cup (3.5oz, 100gr) pasta, bite-size… farfalle, penne
- 1 avocado, pitted, faraway from shell
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1/3 cup (2.6oz, 75gr) tender goat cheese, no rind
- 1 tbs snipped contemporary basil, chopped
- 1 tbs snipped contemporary parsley, chopped
- 1 tbs snipped contemporary chives, chopped
- 4 – 6 sausages, relying on dimension, 10oz complete weight (300gr)
- 1 medium yellow squash, sliced 1/2″ (1cm) thick
- 1 tbs olive oil
- Prepare dinner lentils in beef broth and / or water in accordance with package deal instructions.
- When achieved, drain.
- Prepare dinner pasta in accordance with package deal instructions.
- When achieved, drain.
- Put avocado right into a small bowl.
- Add lemon juice and mash with a fork or potato masher.
- When effectively mashed add goat cheese and mash collectively.
- Fry squash slices in olive oil till properly browned, 10 – quarter-hour. Flip a couple of times.
- Prepare dinner sausages on barbecue grill 10 – quarter-hour or till achieved.
- When pasta is completed put it into a big bowl with lentils and herbs.
- Add mashed avocado/goat cheese and toss effectively to mix.
- When sausages are achieved, take away and slice in 1 inch (2.5cm) lengths.
- Add to pasta and toss effectively to mix.
- Organize squash slices on pasta and serve.
Notes
I used small, inexperienced Lentils du Puy.
The goat cheese is the sort that is available in a small, squarish cardboard container.
Diet
- Serving Dimension: 1/2 recipe
- Energy: 784
- Sugar: 16.4 g
- Sodium: 444.1 mg
- Fats: 34.1 g
- Saturated Fats: 9.2 g
- Trans Fats: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 98.7 g
- Fiber: 17.9 g
- Protein: 27.5 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 17 mg
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That’s it !
