Vegan pasta salad

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Ingredients

300g wholewheat penne

250g frozen soya beans

250g green beans , trimmed and halved

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbsp soy sauce (most mainstream brands are vegan-friendly)

small knob fresh root ginger , grated

juice 1 lime

50g alfalfa

2 carrots , grated

small bunch coriander , roughly chopped

Method

Boil the pasta, adding the soya beans and green beans 3 mins before the end of cooking. Drain, tip into a colander, then cool quickly under running water.

Whisk together the oil, soy sauce, ginger and lime juice in a large bowl, then tip in the pasta, cooked beans, sprouts, carrots and coriander. Toss together, then serve.