I鈥檓 not the best at cooking so it can鈥檛 be too hard, and as i mentioned earlier I鈥檓 still in school so i cant afford really expensive ingredients. oh, and i dont have access to a microwave at school so if it tastes good cold then thats a bonus.
Look forward to your answers :)Protein heavy, cold pasta recipes?
Pasta salad is delicious cold or at room temp. I use tri-colored rotini but any bite sized pasta will do. Cook to aldente, almost done but still a bit firm. Add some good Italian oil and vinegar dressing. Then put in any combination of the following that you have on hand:
A can of drained garbanzo beans, chopped red onion, chopped bell peppers, chunks of almost any cheese and/or meat, fresh asparagus blanched and cut in bite sized pieces, tiny tomatoes or regular ones cut in chunks. I have also added canned 3 or 4 bean salad drained, marinated mushrooms or artichokes, chunk salami.
For a pound of pasta I use a whole bottle of dressing. It makes quite a few servings so I hope you like it.Protein heavy, cold pasta recipes?
Tuna pasta!!!
cook pasta
add tuna, sweetcorn,choped onion
a little mayo and a little salad cream!!
Is good hot or cold
Delicious!!!
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Chicken breast, mayo, lettuce %26amp; pasta.
Chicken, bacon, sweetcorn, mayo %26amp; pasta.
Green pesto, mozerella, spinach %26amp; pasta (pine nuts are good in it too).
Tuna, sweetcorn, mayo %26amp; pasta
This one is a bit more complicated but well worth it...yummy!!
Ingredients
400g/14录oz fresh tagliatelle
8 tbsp Italian olive oil
1 medium onion, finely sliced
4 Italian sausages, chopped
2 handfuls chestnut mushrooms, sliced
1 medium red chilli
1 handful pine nuts
100g/3陆oz pecorino cheese, freshly grated
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Method
1. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until al dente.
2. In a frying pan, heat the olive oil and shallow fry the onion and sausage until golden.
3. Add the mushrooms, chilli and the pine kernels, season with salt and pepper and cook for approximately three minutes.
4. Drain the pasta, add to the sauce and mix well.
5. Serve immediately with some freshly grated pecorino on top.
When I travel or occasionally work outside the home I find tinned fish very useful. The tuna with salad mixes, e.g. Mexican tuna salad, are tasty though you don't get very much fish in them, it may be better to get a small tin of tuna (or other fish you like) and bring a separate salad to mix together yourself. Tinned pulses/legumes are also a good source of protein and a very healthy budget alternative--of course you could also cook these yourself after soaking dry beans overnight in several changes of water, they are very cheap and filling, and there are many varieties including chickpeas, lentils, kidney or borlotti beans, so you won't get bored. You can also mash cooked chickpeas and other pulses with lemon juice, olive oil and tahini, to make hummus and other dips for raw vegetable sticks, or to spread on bread. If you have time to cook at home, make extra burgers or meatballs as they are nice cold too, and you can stretch the beef mince with pork or turkey mince if it's cheaper, or use a fair amount of soaked, squeezed stale bread to make the meat go further. If you make a meatloaf on Sunday you can slice leftovers for sandwiches during the week. Now it's cold, it's worth investing in a wide-mouth thermos jar so you can take hot soups with you; with a piece of bread it can make a filling meal. Or if you have access to hot water (it may be worth investing in a little travel kettle, you can then also save money by making your own tea or coffee) you can make cup-noodles and add some cold ham, chicken or other protein source.
Good luck with your studies.
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