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Warm Pea and Lemon Pasta Salad with Goat Cheese {a Quick Lunch}

January 12, 2015 by Stacey 14 Comments

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The summer of salad is still in full swing at VMHQ (besides a brief interlude, which I will explain tomorrow), and I’m still both trying to get out of the lunch slump, and coming up with more filling salad ideas. I don’t get much excited about lettuce although I did make a very respectable spinach/rocket/avocado/almond/pomegranate number yesterday.

You can totally eat this salad cold but I like to warm it just a smidgen before adding the goat cheese, and then the goat cheese melts just that little bit and helps make an even more delicious sauce/dressing combo. Don’t forget the ASTRONOMICAL amount of black pepper. I continued grinding it over my bowl for about half an hour after this picture was taken. So bloody good. Don’t forget you can also double or quadruple the recipe, this is just for a solo sailor.

Have you been salad-ing?

Warm Pea and Lemon Pasta Salad with Goat Cheese

To two cups of leftover pasta and 1/2 cup leftover peas, add a squirt of lemon juice, a grating or two of rind, and a good glug of olive oil. Warm in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Add goat cheese, salt, and black pepper and stir until all melts together into a gorgeous mess. AWESOME.

 

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  1. Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says

    January 12, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Haha I love a good glug of olive oil… and the fact that it’s made in the microwave. Ummm – awesome!!! So quick and easy. Love it. Hey, and anything with goats cheese is a total winner in my book!

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    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 8:17 am

      Haha it’s not technically made in the microwave, but 20 seconds to warm it up sure beats dicking around trying to heat dry pasta on a stovetop! #lazy

      Reply
  2. Elizabeth@thebackyardlemontree says

    January 12, 2015 at 8:45 am

    There’s nothing like a quick pasta lunch.

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 6:35 pm

      I find it keeps me more full than another goddamn piece of toast 😉

      Reply
  3. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    January 12, 2015 at 11:01 am

    Mmm a big yes to melty cheese. VM have you ever tried cacio e pepe pasta? It is cheese and black pepper pasta and it tastes incredible. I just thought of it when you mentioned the black pepper 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 6:35 pm

      Did you do a recipe for that a while ago? I think I Pinned it and was like “CAN SHE DO NO WRONG?!”

      Reply
  4. Lara at This Charming Mum says

    January 12, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    Oh that looks so easy and yummy! Wonder how it would work with zucchini spaghetti (which is my latest fad…)?

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 6:34 pm

      I bet it would be great, only I’ll never know because I can’t get on board this vegetable-as-spaghetti business!

      Reply
  5. Pinky Poinker says

    January 12, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    I get so lazy and bored with my salads. This is definitely being bookmarked 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 6:34 pm

      They’re horrifically lazy and boring foods. So I add lots of cheese.

      Reply
  6. Liz @ I Spy Plum Pie says

    January 12, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    I get so lazy with lunches when I’m at home too so this is definitely going on the to-make list! Thanks for joining the linkup xx

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 12, 2015 at 7:38 pm

      I kind of miss my linkup a little bit! Not really.

      Reply
  7. Katie Rainbird says

    January 13, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    Pasta. Yes.

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 14, 2015 at 7:33 am

      Of course.

      Reply

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