This Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad is a simple, healthy side dish recipe. Choose your favorite veggies, then add some bacon, goat cheese and an easy balsamic dressing.
*Originally published 10/2017. Updated 10/2024*
Hi friends!
Popping in today to share a fun new pasta salad recipe with you guys.
This Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad is packed with…you guessed it…roasted veggies! The best part about this recipe is that it’s so easy to customize with your favorite vegetables.
Some of my favorites include Brussels sprouts, green beans, red peppers and sweet potatoes. I also often use broccoli and sometimes I’ll throw in some carrots.
It’s best to choose vegetables that all cook similarly so if you’re going to use carrots, chop them fairly small and know that they might still have a little crunch to them compared to vegetables like brussels sprouts, green beans and peppers.
I like that for a little texture variety but it’s something to consider. If you don’t like that, swap carrots for broccoli or sweet potatoes.
Another great thing about this recipe is that you can use pretty much any kind of pasta. I’ve made it with ravioli, tortellini, elbows and spirals and they all work just fine.
Ingredients for Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
Here’s what you need to make this pasta salad:
- Roasted vegetables -Brussels sprouts, broccoli, sweet potatoes, green beans and bell peppers are all great options.
- Pasta – use your favorite type! I personally prefer tortellini or spirals
- Goat cheese– a few goat cheese crumbles really add a nice flavor to this pasta salad
- Bacon – Another great way to add flavor and a bit of texture
- Homemade dressing– I use a simple homemade balsamic dressing which includes a mix of oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, maple syrup or honey and garlic.
How To Make Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
Making this pasta salad is pretty simple!
- Cook your pasta.
- Roast your vegetables.
- Mix pasta and veggies with cooked, diced bacon and goat cheese.
- Make the homemade dressing.
- Stir everything together and serve!
Vegetable Pasta Salad Recipe
Here’s how you make it:
PrintRoasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
This Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad is a simple, healthy side dish recipe. Choose your favorite veggies, then add some bacon, goat cheese and an easy balsamic dressing.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: serves 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups spiral pasta (or your favorite type)
- 4 cups chopped vegetables (green beans, Brussel’s sprouts, peppers, sweet potatoes, etc – more if desired)
- 4 strips bacon, cooked and diced
- approx 2 oz goat cheese, crumbled (more or less if desired)
- 1/2 cup oil (I use avocado oil)
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 – 2 Tbsp maple syrup or honey (depends on desired sweetness)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 clove of garlic grated with microplaner, optional
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and run under cold water to stop the cooking process once cooked.
- While the noodles cook, spread vegetables on a sheet pan, spray with oil and sprinkle with salt. Roast at 400 degrees F for 15-20 minutes (depending on your desired degree of doneness).
- Combine cooked pasta and veggies in a large bowl, along with chopped bacon and goat cheese crumbles and gently stir to combine.
- Combine oil, vingar, mustard, maple syrup, salt and garlic(if using) in a jar with a lid and shake until well combined. Taste and add more sweetener if needed.
- Pour half the dressing over pasta salad and toss to coat. Taste and add more dressing if desired.
Notes
Be sure to chop vegetables fairly small so they cook in 15-20 minutes.
Quick, easy and delicious. If you want to, you could add some leftover chicken into the mix as well!
Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad FAQs
Do you serve this roasted vegetable pasta salad cold?
Totally up to you! This pasta salad tastes great warm, cold or room temperature. Keep in mind if you serve it warm, the goat cheese will melt.
How to store roasted vegetable pasta salad?
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
What are the best vegetables for vegetable pasta salad?
It’s best to choose vegetables that all cook in a similar time – broccoli, Brussels sprouts, red peppers, sweet potatoes and green beans all cook in about 20 minutes. Carrots can also cook in that time frame when chopped small.
If you’re worried, cook carrots on a separate baking sheet so they can cook a few extra minutes without overcooking the other vegetables.
Could you make this a grilled vegetable pasta salad?
Absolutely. Keep everything the same, just swap grilled vegetables for the roasted ones.
What are some other vegetable pasta salad recipes?
Here are a few others to try:
Best dressing for roasted vegetable pasta salad?
I tend to prefer balsamic or honey mustard but Italian is also a classic. Here are some easy homemade dressings to choose from:
What to serve with vegetable pasta salad?
Choose your favorite protein! This would be great with a side of marinated chicken or steak. Or you could mix some chicken sausage right in.
Try:
Easy Vegetable Pasta Salad
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Maple and mustard together?? Sounds like a winning combination for this pregnant lady! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.
This has like all of my favorites, roasted – always the best way to go for flavor- pasta and mustard! Wins wins wins
This sounds great, I can’t wait to try it later. I’ll swap honey for maple syrup (no babies to worry about except one grown up one that I won’t mention) and I love spicing things up. I grow mild chilies in my back yard and they’re perfect roasted in other dishes I’ve tried, so why not? Sweet and hot – heaven!