This roasted veggie pasta salad is loaded with roasted vegetables and bacon and it has an amazing homemade white wine vinaigrette mixed in with it. Basically, this pasta salad is savory, gluten-free, dairy-free, and so delicious! You will want to bring it to every party and family gathering.
Pasta Salad with Cooked Vegetables
I love, absolutely and completely, pasta. Any pasta dish, I will be there ready and waiting to gobble it up. It's the same with my kids. We just love it. We now get the Live G Free brand of gluten free pasta at Aldi's. Definitely our favorite brand of gluten free pasta! It doesn't get slimy when cooked and still tastes like regular traditional pasta.
This pasta salad is my favorite way to make pasta salad. I am not a fan of raw broccoli. I'll just be honest- it's like eating shredded chewed up paper to me. Just no. If I have to eat raw broccoli for some reason, you best believe it's drowning in ranch dressing. But, I love roasted broccoli. Cooked broccoli in general is my jam, but for this recipe, roasted with olive oil and a little seasoning salt and black pepper is the only way to go.
Gluten Free Pasta Salad
Ever since we went fully gluten free back in June for my daughter's sake mostly, we actually have been living healthier over all. Honestly, I don't think we'd go back to the way our diets were before June even if she suddenly was ok eating gluten again. We just automatically have been eating more meats, veggies, and fruits instead of bread with every meal like we used to.
I normally give up the heavy carbs like breads and pasta when I'm pregnant. If I don't, as I learned with my first baby, I will blow up like a balloon. No joke, so swollen- yikes! But giving up a lot of that all together as a family has really helped us get more creative and naturally healthier with our meals.
We every so often, though, still love our pasta. Enter- Aldi's Live G Free brand. I love, LOVE, this little section in Aldi's where I can get my 4 year old some cookies that she brings with her to family and friend functions so that she is never left out of dessert time. They also have our favorite gluten free pasta as I mentioned before.
Roasted Veggie Pasta Salad
This is one of our favorite pasta salad dishes. Roast up your broccoli, sliced carrots, and red onions with a drizzle of olive oil and some salt and pepper either in a toaster oven set to bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes, or in your regular oven at 425 for 10-15 minutes. While the veggies are roasting up, boil your pasta. We used one bag of the gluten free Live G Free Rotini. While the pasta boils, fry up your bacon until crispy and break or chop into small pieces.
In a mason jar, combine your extra virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, minced garlic, cumin, seasoned salt, Italian seasoning, paprika, honey, and some black pepper. Put the lid on and shake it all up really well until the honey is fully dissolved into the mixture.
It is optional to add black olives but if you don't, do you even have taste buds? I'm just asking for scientific purposes.
Combine and toss everything in a large bowl together and taste the magic that is this roasted veggie pasta salad with bacon!
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Roasted Veggie Pasta Salad with Bacon
This easy, healthy, gluten free, pasta salad recipe with bacon and roasted veggies is so so yummy! You will want to bring this to every event 🙂
Ingredients
- 1 Bag of Gluten Free Rotini (Live G Free at Aldi's or another brand)
- 1 cup Broccoli
- 1 cup Sliced Carrots
- ½ cup Diced Red Onion
- 1 cup Crispy Chopped Bacon
- For the Vinaigrette:
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ¼ cup White Wine Vinaigrette
- 1 teaspoon Minced Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon Cumin
- 1 tablespoon Honey
Instructions
- In a large pot, cook your pasta according to the instructions on the bag.
- Either in a toaster oven set to bake at 425, or in a regular oven at 425, roast the broccoli, carrots, and red onion drizzled in olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper to taste.
- Roast your veggies in either type of oven for 10-15 minutes depending on how roasted you like your veggies.
- Cook up a cup of chopped bacon until crispy.
- While everything cooks, in a mason jar, mix your Olive Oil, white wine vinegar, honey, and seasonings.
- Placing the cap on the jar, shake it well.
- Once everything is done cooking, combine in a large bowl and toss with the vinaigrette and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 414Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 1160mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 3gSugar: 7gProtein: 18g
Not all Nutritional information is always accurate.