Clean Out The Fridge Pasta Salad

Argh! I keep forgetting to post my meals and take pictures! Sorry for falling behind, but will definitely endeavour to improve my posting regularity.   Anyway, we didn't have much in the way of ingredients last night and we were too lazy to go shopping, so we decided to finally cook up that bulk quinoa pasta we found in Save-On-Foods and throw in the rest of the veggies we had in the fridge to make a simple pasta salad.  I think I had two stalks of celery, two handfuls of parsley, one tomato (seeded of course, yuck!), one orange pepper and one zucchini.  I also threw in a half can of chick peas and tossed with our favourite oil and vinegar-based salad dressing.  This would be really good with a feta and oregano dressing, for the cheese eaters!

Verdict? Quinoa pasta is great! It has a higher protein content than regular pasta, and for those avoiding gluten, it is gluten-free!  The flavour and texture is absolutely identical to regular pasta. I brought leftovers for lunch to work today and ended up eating it for breakfast. I must say the texture seemed to change a wee bit overnight - it "breaks apart" in the mouth as opposed to sticking together, but still good and after marinating overnight, the flavour is even better.

So, nothing earth-shattering here, just a quick note to say a healthy, veggie meal can be super easy to make!  I promise to make something a little more hearty soon :)  And will remember to take pictures!