Pesto pasta salad
Make it in the evening and it is even better the next day.
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Ingredients
- Pasta250 g
- Green pesto80 g
- Sweetcorn (tin)1 tin
- Peppers1 pepper
- Cucumber½ cucumber
Also uses from the cupboard: table salt, ground black pepper. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Gluten, Milk, Tree nuts.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water following the pack instructions. Drain, then run under the cold tap until cool and drain again well.250 g pasta
- Drain the sweetcorn and chop the pepper and cucumber into small pieces.1 tin sweetcorn1 pepper½ cucumber
- Tip the pasta into a bowl and toss with the pesto until coated, then stir in the sweetcorn, pepper and cucumber. Divide between lunchboxes. It keeps in the fridge for 2 days.80 g green pesto
Toss the pasta in the pesto while it is still slightly warm so it soaks up the flavour.
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