Vegan Pesto Pasta Salad
A delicious vegan pesto pasta salad with romaine artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, and homemade vegan mozzarella!
Equipment
- Pot for cooking the pasta
- Strainer
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 250 gr Pasta Cooked, I used Strozzapreti by Rummo number 88.
- 6 pc Roman artichokes Quartered
- ½ Cup Sundried tomatoes Chopped
- ½ Cup Kalamata olives Without the pits and halved
- ½ Cup Toasted pistachios
- ¾ Cup Vegan Pesto sauce About 150gr. Check the link to the recipe below.
- 2 Tbsp. Nutritional yeast
- 1 Tsp Sea salt
- 1 Tsp Black pepper
- 150 gr Vegan mini mozzarella cheese balls Optional. About 4-6 mini balls per serving. Check the link to the recipe below.
Instructions
- Make sure you have a vegan pesto sauce ready in advance. Visit here for a vegan pesto sauce recipe. In addition, click here if you want to make homemade vegan mozzarella balls on your own.
- To toast pistachios, if they are not toasted already, preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Bake the pistachios while stirring every 5 minutes. You can also toast them on a pan over medium-high heat while stirring for about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.
- Cook the pasta according to the manufacturer's instructions on the back of the package. Or about 15 minutes in boiling water with a little salt.
- Transfer the pasta to a strainer and rinse under cold water. Place the strainer over a pot so that all the water will be drained.
- In a bowl, mix the pasta with the pesto sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, Roman artichokes, kalamata olives, and the toasted pistachios.
- Season with lemon, salt, black pepper, nutritional yeast, and mix.
- Serve with vegan mozzarella cheese on top or vegan feta cheese. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can replace vegan mozzarella cheese with vegan feta.
- If you bought dried tomatoes and their size is large, make sure to chop them, as well as the artichokes.
- You can replace the pistachios with walnuts or sunflower seeds or any nut you like. You can also add them all. From experience, pistachio is the most delicious for this salad.
- For the caloric value of vegan mozzarella cheese check the recipe.