Happy Meatless Monday! It’s starting to feel a lot like spring around here this week and some of my favorite spring recipes include lots of grilled veggies. I am all about making something for dinner that I can eat for lunch the next day as well. This Roasted Veggie Pasta with tomato vinegarette is perfect for just that!
My friends over at Meatless Monday and Modern Table sent me over this (new to me) Mixed Lentil Penne to test out. It’s made from green and red lentil flour and thus is gluten free and also very high in protein (14 g per serving). They have some great options for GF and veggie lovers. Check it out here.
I mentioned that I love to make something for dinner that I can eat again and that’s what I love about this Roasted Veggie pasta salad with tomato vinegarette. This meal is great warm or cold. I had it for dinner and then the next day put it on top of spinach salad for a great post run refuel. Now that I am running more, I am looking for quality carbs to fuel my runs and help me recover afterwards. This pasta is loaded with plant based protein and carbs. You can of course use any type of pasta you choose.
Today I’ve used roasted eggplant, yellow and red peppers and tomatoes but any veggies you have in the fridge will work. It would be great with some zucchini or squash as well. I have the option of adding fresh mozzarella on top because well cheese-yum!
Roasted Veggie Pasta Salad with Tomato Vinegarette
The dressing is made out of the roasted tomatoes, balsamic and olive oil which pairs deliciously with the eggplant especially.
Roasted Veggie Pasta Salad with a Tomato Vinegarette
Ingredients
- 1 package of your favorite penne pasta
- 1 large eggplant-cubed with skin on
- 1 red and 1 yellow pepper-seeded and cut into bite size pieces
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese -optional
- 2-3 cups of cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1/4 cup good quality balsamic
- 1/3 cup olive oil plus more for drizzle on veggies
- 1 tbl apple cider vinegar
- 1 garlic clove-minced
- 1/2 tsp mustard powder
- salt, pepper, basil to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 375
- Arrange veggie on baking sheet and drizzle w olive oil, salt, pepper
- Bake for approx 20 min until soft
- Place 1/2 cup of tomatoes aside & place remaining in food processor with balsamic, oil, garlic, vinegar & mustard
- pulse to combine and season with salt and pepper to taste
- Mix roasted veggies & remaining tomatoes into pasta and drizzle with dressing
- top with mozzarella if desired
- Can be eaten warm or as a salad
- Enjoy!
You can easily add other proteins to this salad to suit your family’s needs. Hope you enjoy!
Do you prefer hot or cold pastas?
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This looks delicious! I have been curious about the lentil based pasta and will have to give it a try, Pinned! Have a Great Week!! 🙂
This one was very tasty and did not have a gritty texture of some of the others I have tried. It’s full of protein too
I’m an old school runner..I love my pasta! And I love it hot or cold. This looks delicious.
Me too! Not afraid of carbs here! Hope you enjoy with our without the mozzarella 🙂
Nothing better than a simple pasta dish with lots of veggies! Perfect weeknight meal!
Yes I totally agree!
This is my kind of pasta! Love all the veggies you packed into this. Thanks for hosting.
Thanks I could probably eat pasta with veggies every day 🙂
Yummy!! You always make meatless Monday look so good!!! Roasted egg plant…never thought of that.
I prefer hot pasta.
Oh roasted eggplant is the bomb! I love to leave the skin on for a better texture. So many ways to season it too.
Why do I always forget how amazing pasta is? It takes no time to cook, and still I go way too long without eating it. This has reminded me to eat some! Looks amazing!
Oh I never forget! I could eat it everyday 🙂
Yum! Love roasted veggies, this looks delish!
Thanks endless possibilities with roasted veggies!
This looks yummy. I’ve never tried bean noodles
I was surprised by how tasty they were and loaded with protein too
We LOVE roasted veggies in this house…can’t wait to try this recipe! I also love the fact that the sauce is fresh, not bottled or canned.
Thanks and me too! No bottled sauce here 🙂
I agree. Cheese makes everything better! How was the pasta? I am always on the hunt for GF pasta!
I was really impressed with it-no grainy taste that I have found in some others. Check it out
This will be good for a hot summer evening dinner! Pinning…
Thanks and yes definitely! Now we just need summer 🙂
Yum! I love roasted veggies. 🙂
Me too could eat them everyday
Oh, this looks delicious! Perfect for spring an summer! I’ve never heard of lentil pasta before but now I’m definitely going to have to look for it. I love meals that you can eat warm or cold. So convenient!
Thanks so much! The pasta was a first for me too and very tasty. Thanks for checking it out today
Love lentil pasta – nice to add some extra protein to your pasta. I tried linking-up but it’s not working again for some reason. Have an awesome week!
I fixed your link not sure why you are having issues again!
I like roasted veggies. It gives them a different flavor when you cook veggies that way…yum! I’d prefer it warm but I’m sure it’d be just as good cold.
They do take on a great flavor when roasted for sure
Great minds think alike! I have a similar recipe this week. Yours looks yummy!
Thanks I am all about pasta and veggie and could eat them everyday
Look at those stunning colors in that dish! I love the mozzarella balls, too – the white really pops against the background of everything else. The recipe sounds delicioso!!! I am equal opportunity pasta eater – I will eat pasta in any form, and any temperature. =)
Thanks and me too! Pasta is the best
That looks wonderful! You can never go wrong with roasted veggies right? And I have not seen that pasta before. I hope I can find something similar here. Great looking dish!
You can never go wrong with roasted veggies for sure so versatile
Oh delicious! Tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella are one of my favorite combos and who doesn’t love pasta! Lentil pasta is still one I haven’t tried but I’m going to have to add to the list for sure.
Happy Meatless Monday!
I really liked the clean ingredients and high protein count check it out!
I have to find this pasta brand! I haven’t had pasta in a really long time, so I think I’m due!
Hi Deborah, I love roasted vegetables in pasta. This looks yummy.
Thanks for hosting dear.
Thanks so much I do too!
YUM!!!! You make the tastiest looking dishes!
Well thanks so much!
This looks amazing! I have never heard of lentil based pasta. Interesting.
I had seen it before but was kind of afraid to taste it!
I love pasta dishes that get even more yummy as the week goes on! Love that you added the eggplant!
roasted eggplant is one of my favorites!
love mixing veggies and pasta. This lentils pasta sounds interesting! I may have to look into it, LOVE lentils.
It was really interesting! It did not have any of the aftertaste some of the other non pasta pastas have. Did that make sense LOL
Yum! This looks like a crowd-pleaser.
Thanks so much hope you enjoy it!
This looks delicious, and would be perfect as a cold pasta salad for picnics and BBQs this spring and summer.
It would be perfect for that as well!
This looks amazing. Definitely pinning, this year I am growing a lot of tomato’s (well that’s the plan) and I am going to need a lot of recipe’s for them over the summer and fall as I start canning.
Just on a side note, my sister and I tried your skillet Enchilatas, over the weekend. They were delicious, we both loved them and probably ate more than we should have LOL!!! Thanks for the recipe for our dinner!
Oh I am so excited to hear that! I totally over indulged on those myself 🙂
Yum this looks fab andI have been craving a good pasta dish with loads of veggies! Happy Meatless Monday!
Thanks I love a great pasta dish too!
that looks delicious! and since it is my dinner time, i am starving! great recipe!
Thanks! Would be great for one of your carb days 🙂
Looks delicious! Lentil pasta is intriguing – I love lentils, so I could see loving this too.
Mir was really good!
Yum! I’m curious about the Mixed Lentil Penne. It’s sounds like a great pasta option 🙂
It does not really taste like lentils just like pasta
Oooh how I am wishing for warmer weather now! This dish will be perfect for spring picnics!
Absolutely!
I’ve never seen lentil pasta, but I did just make black bean pasta for a stir fry tonight! I’m so excited that these healthier are alternatives are becoming popular!
Oh how was that? Probably similar. Yea nice to have so may options
Looks yummy!
As I was working on a recipe with beer tonight, I told my co-creator that we need to do a vegetarian option next so that I can link up LOL.
Great can’t wait to see it!
Looks yummy! That’s pasta sounds great.
I was surprised by how tasty the past was!
Love the colorful veggies in this pasta dish! Easy to make and perfect for a post run meal? Sign me up!! 🙂
exactly! Love my pasta 🙂
Yes. Another delicious recipe.
Thanks so much Jill
I have never tried lentil pasta- it looks the same as regular so I bet I could fool all my kids too! There is nothing better than pasta with veggies and a quick sauce to make a comfort-meal. I like cold pastas too- but they are a summer thing completely for me.
OH I do think you could fool your kids. This one tasted just like regular pasta I would eat it again for sure.
Love all those veggies! Going to keep an eye out for that pasta (or just order on amazon because it’s far too easy to buy things on there), love how this dish looks.
Thanks so much let me know if you check it out!
My attempt at veganism isn’t going so well, especially when I see amazing recipes like this with those mozzarella balls. I know you said optional, but…. 😉
LOL cheese is the reason why I am a vegetarian and not a vegan 🙂
Just like I said on Instagram..I LOVE those little balls of mozzarella!!! And with sweet peppers?! YUM.
Thanks so easy and so good! Little mozzarella balls are the bomb!
I love all kinds of pasta dishes. Hot and cold. It just depends on what kind on a mood I am in. Summer is all about the cold pasta and in the wintertime I love warm pasta.
Me too! I love pasta and would eat all the time
YES YES AND MORE YES!!! And I even think my fiance would LOVE IT!!! #score
Awesome! Hope you both enjoy 🙂
YUM I love a good pasta dish, but I haven’t made anything but zoodles in so long. That has to change! I’m digging these noodles!
Thanks! I do love my pasta too
Yum!! I have only used eggplant to make eggplant parm so this woul dbe a good way to switch things up. and tomatoes and mozzarella are always a good combo 🙂
This looks delicious and so colorful!
Thanks I hope you enjoy it!
All my favorite ingredients in one dish !
I love roasted veggies too!