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Lunchbox pasta salad

Lunchbox pasta salad

Rustle up this pasta salad for kids' lunchboxes. Customise with ham, prawns or eggs for a dose of protein – or cheese if catering for vegetarian diets

View original recipe on bbcgoodfood.com

lunchpastasalad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 11 minutes

Total Time: 26 minutes

Servings: 4

Nutritional Information

calories:528 kcal

Fat:16 g

saturated fat:3 g

Carbohydrate:69 g

Sugar:5 g

dietary fiber:8 g

protein:23 g

sodium:1.2 mg

Ingredients

1 400g pasta

1 4-5 tbsp fresh pesto

1 tbsp mayonnaise

2 tbsp greek yogurt

1/2 lemon juiced

1 200g mixed cooked veg such as peas, green beans, courgette (chop the beans and courgette into pea-sized pieces)

1 100g cherry tomatoes quartered

1 200g cooked chicken ham, prawns, hard-boiled egg or cheese

Instructions

Step 1
Cook the pasta in boiling water until it is al dente, so about 11 mins, but refer to the pack instructions. Drain and tip into a bowl. Stir in the pesto and leave to cool.
Step 2
When the pasta is cool, stir through the mayo, yogurt, lemon juice and veg. Spoon into lunchboxes or on to pasta plates and put the cooked chicken or protein of your choice on top. Chill until ready to eat if intended for a packed lunch.