This week's Wednesday with Donna Hay recipe was chosen by Margaret. She selected Donna's Chicken and Roasted Capsicum Pasta.
The only part about this recipe that I didn't like was peeling the skin off the roast capsicums - never an easy job, and it takes forever. I used quinoa instead of pasta in keeping with my diet, and used balsamic vinegar instead of malt vinegar for the dressing.
The resulting dish was delicious, and I would make it again - with pasta. Unfortunately, I have a quinoa sensitivity (nothing to do with washing the quinoa - I first suspected there was an issue when I was only eating the very processed quinoa flakes), which makes my gut burn for a couple of hours after eating quinoa. Very sadly, I had to toss the the leftovers from this dish, but if you don't have a quinoa sensitivity, the quinoa makes a very serviceable alternative to the pasta.
To see what Margaret, Kayte, Chaya and Sarah thought of this dish, visit their websites.
Oh, NO!! Hope you didn't suffer too long this time. I will have to try it with Quinoa as I am trying to eat more of it. Also for health reasons.
ReplyDeleteYikes...I love quinoa, so I'm truly sorry that it doesn't sit well with you. But I bet this dish would be excellent with pasta, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious looking dish!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about peeling the capsicum. I was given a tip a while back that once they're grilled, pop them straight into a plastic bag and leave for 10-15 minutes and the skins slip off easily. It makes a huge difference I promise :)
ReplyDeleteI will definitely have to remember that - I love roasted capsicum!
DeleteQuinoa is a great change for this dish. I am sorry, it doesn't get along with you.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the quinoa issue but with pasta, this is equally delicious :D
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I will have to try that capsicum roasting / peeling strip too! I so often can't be bothered but they do taste great that way. Also, I'm so sorry about the quinoa reaction! How awful.
ReplyDeleteI kept wondering why this photo looked so different than mine this week...ah, the quinoa instead of pasta! Took me a few minutes. Wow, would be really disappointed if I couldn't have quinoa again, hope your symptoms have gone away by now, and now you know. Disappointing, I'm sure. This was a good recipe. We took the leftovers for lunches and it travels well and the taste gets better the next day, etc.
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