Recipes
Sunshine Pasta Pot
Delicious pasta salad with sliced Quorn Fillets marinated in orange & honey, mixed peppers, sweetcorn, cherry tomatoes, carrot & cucumber & an orange & honey dressing.
Ingredients
MARINADE
- 10 Quorn Fillets, defrosted and sliced
- 2 tbsp runny honey
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 large orange, juice and zest, reserve the juice for dressing
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
SALAD
- 400g pasta spirals, cooked and cooled
- 325g can sweetcorn, drained
- 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 250g mixed peppers, diced
- 200g cucumber, diced
- 125g grated carrot
- 200g fresh mango or pineapple
- 2 tbsp chopped curly parsley
DRESSING
- 4 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Seasoning
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4. Add the Quorn Fillets to a bowl with the marinade ingredients, mix well then leave for 15 minutes for the flavours to develop. Transfer to a baking tray and cook for 15 minutes until core temperature is reached. Set aside to cool.
- Add all the salad ingredients to a large bowl plus the cooled Quorn and mix well.
- Place the dressing ingredients into a jug and whisk until combined. Check seasoning then drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss gently.
- Divide the pasta salad between the serving pots.
Tip - try using canned peaches or pineapples instead of fresh fruit.