5 Star Foodie Junior: Pasta Salad with Bell Peppers and Pignoli Nuts

Welcome to the January edition of 5 Star Foodie Junior, a series of monthly posts that feature my daughter learning how to cook in the kitchen. For this post, we have prepared a pasta salad with bell peppers and pine nuts, with a goal of learning how to make basic pasta dishes.



5 Star Foodie Junior:
Today we made a warm salad with Penne pasta, roasted peppers of three different colors, and Pignoli nuts.

First, we put water in a pot and we set it to boil on the stove.



When the water was boiling, I put the salt and pasta in. I stirred the pasta with a spoon.



When the pasta was cooked, we drained it.



We had three different colors of bell peppers: red, orange, and yellow. We cut each pepper into quarters. We put the peppers on a baking rack and sprinkled it with salt and oil.



Then we broiled them until the skins were blackened. Mommy peeled the skins, and I cut them into little pieces.



Then we put the Pignoli nuts, or pine nuts which are my favorite, in a pan and toasted them.



Next, I placed the peppers, truffle oil, white balsamic vinegar, parsley, a little bit of chopped garlic, pine nuts, and Penne pasta in a large bowl and mixed everything all up.






I took a picture of the pasta salad with my camera.

This pasta salad was delicious!