This Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad is packed with oven-roasted veggies and tossed in a creamy, dairy-free sauce. It’s a complete vegan dinner, with 14 grams of protein per serving. The leftovers make a great packed lunch, too!
How to Make Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
This recipe is easy to make, but has 3 components. First, you’ll toss some chopped vegetables with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, then arrange them on a baking sheet and cook in the oven until tender.
While the oven is taking care of the veggies, you can prepare your pasta on the stove top. I typically use brown rice pasta to keep this recipe gluten-free, but you can use any pasta you like and cook it according to the package directions.
While the veggies and pasta are cooking, your hands are free to make the dressing! All you have to do is stir together a few ingredients you probably already have in your pantry, and drain a can of chickpeas so that they are ready to add in for extra plant-based protein and fiber.
When the veggies and pasta are done, you simply add them to the bowl, along with the dressing and chickpeas, and toss everything together. I like to enjoy a portion right away while it’s still warm, but it’s also great later cold, straight from the fridge. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad (Vegan!)
Ingredients
- 1 red bell pepper , sliced and seeds removed
- 8 ounces brussels sprouts , sliced in half
- 1/2 red onion , sliced
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (divided)
- 8 ounces fusili pasta (I use brown rice pasta to keep it gluten-free)
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons tahini (raw, if possible)
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas (or 1 15-oz. can, rinsed and drained)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Toss the bell pepper, brussels sprouts, and red onion in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, then arrange them in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Make sure the brussels sprouts are cut-side down on the pan. Season with salt and pepper, then roast in the oven until tender, about 25 to 30 minutes.
- Bring a saucepan of water to a boil over high heat on the stove, and cook the pasta until tender, according to your package directions.
- To prepare the dressing, combine the vinegar, the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil, tahini, garlic, basil, salt, and several grinds of black pepper. Stir well.
- Drain the pasta when it's ready, and remove the veggies from the oven. Toss them together in a large bowl, with the dressing and chickpeas, and adjust any seasoning to taste. Serve warm, or let it chill in the fridge for later. This pasta salad should keep well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories: 428, Fat: 17g, Carbohydrates: 54, Fiber: 11g, Protein: 14g
Recipe Notes:
- For an oil-free recipe, you can use water to thin out the dressing and simply dry-roast the veggies on parchment instead.
- This recipe is easily adaptable to use any pasta or veggies you have on hand. Feel free to get creative!
As always, if you try something different with this recipe, please leave a comment below letting us know what worked for you. We can all benefit from your experience!
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Reader Feedback: What’s your favorite way to enjoy pasta?
Yay! Thanks for posting this recipe to your blog so I can save it for reference. I made it the same day you posted it on Instgram, and it was an instant hit in my house! I love how creamy it turns out. Perfect as written!!
Your recipes look excellent. Is there a substitute that I can use instead of Tahini please. I am following Slimming World and it works out heavy in syns but would like to try this? Many thanks.
Kathy
I love Banza pasta! It’s made of chickpeas so it would be perfect for this recipe. Save the canned ones for another recipe 😉
I tried this tonight. I baked, red onion, red peppers, and zuchinni because that’s what I had handy. Used multigrain rotini pasta. The dressing was amazing, I love garlic so I used two cloves. I set some pasta aside for my kids.
I’m pretty sure we will be making this ALL the time now! We just made it for the first time today at lunch and my husband even asked if we could skip making our dinner meal and eat it again at dinner! (Though we made your delicious vegan taco recipe for dinner and will have these left overs tomorrow.) We can’t get enough! Super flavorful, healthy and easy which we so appreciate on busy summer days! Thanks for a new staple! : )
I loved this! I made it with red lentil pasta so I left out the garbanzo beans and I used your delicious!!!! lemon tahini dressing.
Everyone is loving it!
Made it tonight for dinner using quinoa instead of pasta – I love how it turned out and that dressing is so easy to make and absolutely to die for!! So rich and creamy!
This recipe is in regular rotation for me. And I can use whatever vegetables I have in hand. Love it!
Real good recipe, however this time I used lentil pasta and it hardened the next day to the point that it wasn’t edible anymore 🙁
Our favorite go to pasta salad for a quick grab and go lunch
Delicious and easy … and there are leftovers for tomorrow. High recommend.
I used the dressing recipe for a salad made with Halloween shaped pasta. It was a bit tart for my liking, so I added half again as much of the other ingredients. The taste was perfect after that. I should have doubled the recipe because it didn’t seem like it was enough to coat the 8 oz of pasta I cooked.. There were no vegetables. I would definitely make it again and try it on green salads.
I love this recipe, and its a very fresh and hearty vegan meal that I love to serve for a crowd.