{"id":2643,"date":"2019-09-05T14:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-west\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:18:07","slug":"pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-west\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/pasta-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasta salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pasta salad recipes are a wonderful side dish for main meals &#8211; especially with a good old South African braai. It\u2019s also an excellent choice for a light meal or a lunchbox meal.<\/p>\n<p>This pesto Caprese inspired salad uses very few ingredients but certainly doesn\u2019t skimp on taste. Whip this up if you\u2019re pressed for time and want to enjoy some bold and simple flavours.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prep time: 20 min\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Ingredients:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 <sup>1<\/sup>\/2 cups of pasta, cooked<\/p>\n<p>3 Tsp basil pesto<\/p>\n<p>1 Tsp Sunshine D Original Margarine<\/p>\n<p>Pinch of salt<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>\/4 tsp garlic<\/p>\n<p>Pinch of pepper<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>\/2 cup of cherry tomatoes, halved<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>\/2 cup mozzarella balls<\/p>\n<p>Handful of fresh basil leaves shredded<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Method:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melt the Sunshine D Original Margarine and mix in the pesto, salt, garlic and pepper. Toss in with the pasta. Fold in the tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.<\/p>\n<p>Best served as a side dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasta salad recipes are a wonderful side dish for main meals &#8211; especially with a good old South African braai. It\u2019s also an excellent choice for a light meal or a lunchbox meal. This pesto Caprese inspired salad uses very few ingredients but certainly doesn\u2019t skimp on taste. 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