Vegetarian Pasta/ Rice salad recipes

[pegasus]

...as sides to a BBQ. Not too adventurous (-no nuts or fruit please!)

[pegasus]

maybe using pesto?

[PeskyPixie]

Hi, I don't like pesto but here are a couple of my favourite very simple pasta dishes:

1 - Cooked pasta, penne works well; tuna mayonnaise (not too much mayonnaise); plenty of chopped fresh parsley; petit pois (not garden peas, they're too floury); black pepper. Mix the whole lot together so the pasta ends up coated with the tuna mixture. This sounds a mess but it is nice! I use one can of tuna to about 250g dried pasta and the rest is to taste.

2 - Cooked pasta, fusili, three colour one is good; extra virgin olive oil, red kidney beans, sweetcorn, plenty of parmesan; parsley and black pepper. Again mix the whole lot together so the pasta ends up coated in olive oil and parmesan.

Does tuna count as vegetarian?

[mum2sam]

Heres a quick recipie
Boil some rice
gently fry some onion and mushrooms in a wok
Then add some oriental stir fry mix i.e asdas frozen stir fry is good
Drain the rice and add to the wok and mix
Then add some tinned chopped tomatoes and mix in
Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 20 mins checking that the rice doesnt stick
Transfer to dish and allow to cool and stick in the fridge until ready to serve

[bumbleweed]

I got some ideas a few months ago on this thread