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Summer Pasta Salad with Grilled Vegetables

This easy summer pasta salad with grilled vegetables will be your new go-to for potlucks and picnics! Perfectly cooked pasta, smoky-sweet grilled veggies, juicy tomatoes, and protein-rich chickpeas all tossed in a quick Italian dressing is the perfect make-ahead bbq side dish or weeknight dinner. (nut-free, soy-free, easily gluten-free) . This post was originally published July 6,2021

serving bowl of summer pasta salad with grilled vegetables with a spoon in it

Want to know what I’ve had for lunch frequently this past month? Pasta salad – the best I’ve had in a long time! I present you a super easy summer pasta salad with grilled vegetables, farfalle pasta, juicy fresh tomatoes, chickpeas, fresh herbs, and a quick homemade Italian dressing.

It satisfies all the cravings for a hearty meal with flavor, crunch, umami, grilled veggies and pasta. When in a pinch, I make variations of this pasta salad with whatever veggies I have. Change the dressing a bit with different herbs, use white beans or chickpeas, and of course play around with pasta shapes. My niece who otherwise wouldn’t touch veggies or salad, scoops up bowls of this!

close-up of summer pasta salad with grilled vegetables

One of the best things about pasta salad is that you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate it. Then, when you get home after a day out and about your dinner is all ready!

But you can also take it with you wherever you go. This grilled vegetable pasta salad is amazing for potlucks and picnics, but you don’t need to wait to be invited to a get-together to get some summer pasta salad magic in your life.

spooning a bite of summer pasta salad with grilled vegetables

Why You’ll Love Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad

makes the most of summer veggies
tastes delicious right away or chilled for later
packed with veggies and flavor
soy-free and nut-free, gluten-free if you use gluten-free pasta

More BBQ Sides and Salads

Chickpea dill salad
Crunchy Salad with Firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce.
Potato Cauliflower Chickpea Salad with Vegan Sour Cream
Chaat masala chopped Salad

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South Indian Marry Me Lentils

These marry me lentils are a vegan version of South Indian wedding curry. They have a rich flavor from the sauce from Hyderabadi wedding Chikin, made easier and in a single pan. (gluten-free with soy-free, nut-free, coconut-free, and oil-free options)

plate of South Indian marry me lentils with rice

This is a super delicious and decadent lentil curry. I use my Hyderabadi wedding chicken curry sauce and add lentils to it. That sauce is just incredibly delicious with an amazing combination of spices and herbs, and great textures from coconut and almond flour. And it comes out just perfectly every single time.

Don’t get intimidated by the long list of ingredients. Most of the ingredients get added to the pan almost at the same time. So it’s just about three steps to get a fantastically delicious, one-pan, lentil curry.

South Indian marry me lentils in the pan with herbs on top

Marry me lentils are great over rice or quinoa or with some naan or flatbread or even toasted sourdough or garlic bread. Or you can serve these over baked potato or roasted vegetables.

If you don’t like lentils, you can change up the protein by adding chickpeas, white beans, kidney beans, crisped up tofu, soy curls, or seitan, or any other plant-based protein that you like. Some crisped up vegan chicken will work as well.

South Indian marry me lentils in the pan with a swirl of non-dairy yogurt

Basically, all of the deliciousness in these marry me lentils is in the sauce. Use this sauce and let me know if you try it!

If you like this recipe, also try my marry me pasta which has the classic smoky, creamy, addictive sauce!

hand scooping up South Indian marry me lentils with flatbread

Why You’ll Love Marry Me Lentils

delicious, 1-pan dinner loaded with South Indian flavors
simple, whole food ingredients
flexible recipe. Use lentils, as written, or substitute your favorite plant-based protein.
delicious of rice, quinoa, naan, flatbread, toasted sourdough, garlic bread, or roasted vegetables
naturally gluten-free with easy soy-free, nut-free, coconut-free, and oil-free options