la scala dense bean PASTA salad
high veggie, high protein pasta salad- la scala edition <3
I love an easy meal prep and nothing is easier to meal prep than pasta salad. This is more of a no recipe recipe- just add however much or little of each ingredient as you’d like, that’s the best part of making your own food! I like making my pasta salads light but loaded and usually do a ratio of about 1/3 pasta, 1/3 protein, 1/3 veggie!
ingredients:
pack of mini cucumbers, chopped (about 5)
pint of cherry tomatoes, chopped (I always go for the rainbow ones)
one red onion, diced
one small head of radicchio, thinly sliced
mini mozzarella balls
one can chickpeas
pasta (I usually go with a higher protein pasta like banza or carbe diem)
your fave bottled italian dressing (or make your own! I can’t help but love the Olive Garden dressing)
parsley (optional, for vibes)
steps:
Cook pasta according to package- I actually recommend overcooking the pasta for a minute! It helps prevent the pasta from absorbing all the dressing as it sits throughout the week
Toss everything together and that’s it- enjoy ᵕ̈
*hot tip: if you’re a big veggie girl like me and want to make this pasta salad even more veggie heavy, chop some romaine and keep it in an airtight container so you can mix some in whenever you’re ready to eat it! (I would not recommend adding it in when meal prepping bc it will def wilt)