Peri Pulse & Pasta Salad
It’s one of our favourite fibre-rich meals to support gut health, hormones, and energy in perimenopause, packed with chickpeas, pasta, greens, and Mediterranean flavours. Perfect warm or cold. Delicious, satisfying, and microbiome-approved.
Peri Pulse Pasta Salad (serves 2)
Ingredients
- 1 cup wholemeal pasta (uncooked)
- 1/2 cup tomberries (or other small tomato)
- 1 cup rocket
- 1/2 cup chickpeas
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced and halved
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup feta cheese
Dressing:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions:
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions until al dente. Drain under cold water and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the cooked pasta, tomatoes, rocket, chickpeas, cucumber and red onion.
- In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients together.
- Add the dressing to the large bowl and mix so that everything is coated with the dressing.
- Top with pine nuts, fresh parsley, and feta cheese.
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