AVOCADO MUSHROOM PASTA SALAD WITH TOMATO DRESSING
Avocado Mushroom Pasta Salad is a hearty, flavourful versatile salad. Enjoy it as a light meal. Perfect as a picnic salad or for parties.
Ingredients
FOR THE AVOCADO MUSHROOM SALAD
- 2 cups mushrooms (about 200g) cut into chunks
- 1 cup cucumber sliced or cut into chunks
- 1 cup cooked pasta
- 1 large avocado peel and cut into chunks
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1-2 cloves garlic chopped or minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup tiny cheddar cheese cubes
- ½ cup sweet corn cooked
- ½ cup baby tomatoes cut into halves
- pinch salt
TOMATO DRESSING
- ½ cup fresh tomato puree
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- ¼ -⅓ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp coarse black pepper powder
- ½ tsp dried oregano or any herb of your choice
Instructions
- Heat a wide pan over medium heat.
- Add 1 tbsp olive oil. Add the sliced on minced garlic.
- Stir fry for a few seconds but don't burn the garlic.
- Add the mushrooms.
- Stir fry for about 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the mushrooms from the pan and put them in a mixing bowl.
- Allow the mushrooms to cool down a bit.
- Sprinkle salt over the mushrooms and mix.
- Peel and cut the avocado into chunks. Drizzle lemon juice over it.
- Add to the mushrooms.
- Add all the remaining salad ingredients and mix gently.
PREPARATION OF THE TOMATO DRESSING
- Heat the olive oil for the dressing in a small pan over low heat.
- Add the dried herb and tomato puree.
- Allow the tomato puree to simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Add salt, sugar and pepper powder.
- Mix well and allow the dressing to cool.
SERVING AVOCADO MUSHROOM PASTA SALAD
- Serve the salad with the dressing on the side or mix the dressing in the salad just before serving time.
Notes
- If preparing the salad for a party, prepare everything ahead of time and put in the fridge.
- Make sure you drizzle the avocado chunks with lemon juice otherwise it will become black.
- Add roasted nuts of your choice.