Cold pasta with pesto sauce

"Life is a combination of magic and pasta."
                                                                           - Federico Fellini

My cousin from Austria  who visited us recently inspired me to undergo a diet spree and I have been following it rigidly since some time. When I am at my institute I manage with the food at our canteen and some fruits. Whenever I am home, I am force feeding myself with soups and salads - something that was never my favorite all these years. My hubby too has become motivated to follow a diet regime of his own. This is something I whipped up recently when I was home with the leftovers I found in the fridge. I was carrying a cucumber, pomegranate and some tomatoes from my hostel. To my expectation the fridge was empty and the men in my family gave me a sneer when I asked what I was supposed to have for lunch. So with some leftover pesto sauce and a handful of other ingredients I decided to make this cold pasta salad. Luckily I did have some pasta tucked in the corner of a cupboard and I was very hungry to have bothered what ingredients I have. I am not a pasta person but I really did love this pasta salad and my hubby and I just polished off the leftovers of these today. I was watching Master chef Australia and I loved something the contestants said." Do not fear to experiment". Recently I have had some illuminating thoughts about this blog as to how I can incorporate more reviews of good food on street, history of foods, proverbs, food photography posts alone and also write about movies and books that inspire me to cook. I have been getting a lot of reviews on my Iftar post on street food and I am looking forward to few trips to capture the streets. Till those posts come here you need to bear with some diet food. Stay healthy !!

Ingredients for Cold pasta with pesto sauce

Pasta- 1 cup

Cucumber- 1 diced

Tomatoes- 2 diced

Pomergranate- 1 

Boiled potato- 1 diced

Chilli flakes- a pinch

Pesto sauce- 1 tbsp

Salt- to taste

Olive oil- 2 tbsp

Directions

Boil the pasta and drain in cold water so that it does not end  sticky. 

Chop the cucumber and tomatoes. Boil a potato and dice them once you peel the skin. In a bowl add the pesto sauce, chilli flakes, salt and olive oil and mix them well. 

Toss the veggies and pasta into this bowl and give your bowl a couple of tosses. And your pasta salad is ready. I love my salads chilled so I did refrigerate my salad for half an hour. If you aren't dieting add two tbsp of mayonnaise of fresh cream, it would taste even yummier.Chilli flakes is optional because I crave for spicy food.