Mediterranean pasta salad

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 500g pasta
• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 bell peppers, red
• 20 olives, black
• 20 cocktail tomatoes
• 1 jar pesto, red
• 20 ml balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp, heaped salt
• pepper
• oregano
• 20 ml olive oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

vegan

Cook the pasta according to the package instructions and rinse with cold water. Dice the onions. Finely chop the garlic cloves. Dice the bell peppers and sauté them in a pan with half of the olive oil for 5 minutes. Let the vegetables cool. Slice the pitted olives into small rings. Quarter the cherry tomatoes. For the dressing, combine the pesto, vinegar, remaining olive oil, and seasonings and fold into the remaining ingredients. If you don’t want it vegan, you can add mozzarella, tuna, or canned octopus.