A tasty Veggie dinner

Every so often, I like to share a veggie dinner which I really enjoyed.  It's always nice to share different ideas for a dinner- even if it is something fairly mundane, sometimes it is nice to inspire someone else!

Tonight's dinner was a pasta dish.  

I cooked enough for 3 people (2 portions for CBC and I and a portion for my lunch).

The ingredients were:

1/2 pack of Halloumi,  225g Penne Pasta, Scraping of Genovese Pesto, Basil leaves, 18 cherry tomatoes, 3/4 Red pepper, 1 leek, 1/2 Pak Choi, Marjoram, Chilli flakes, Pepper, Tomato puree.

I cooked the Penne Pasta according to instructions and cut up the halloumi with black pepper and put it in the oven for 12minutes.

I began by frying the leeks in some olive oil, having cut them into thin slices and in half.  I added in the tomatoes halved, peppers and the pak choi along with Marjoram and some Tomato paste and chilli flakes.  At this point, I added in some of the water from the Pasta to make the tomato paste become more like a sauce.

I find that if you don't strain the Pasta through a colander but retain some of the water by tipping the water off with the saucepan lid, it makes the pesto go a bit further.  Once I'd stirred in the Pesto, I added a little Garlic-infused Olive Oil.

Finally, I served the vegetables on top with the crispy Halloumi on top with some basil and more black pepper.

It was really tasty so I recommend giving this a go!

What do you think? Would you try this?

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