Lunchbox pasta salad
Description
This simple pasta salad is perfect for lunchboxes, picnics, or a make-ahead light meal. You can swap the protein and veggies for whatever you have in the fridge.
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz farfalle pasta
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped, plus 3 tbsp of their oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- ½ tsp garlic granules
- 200g/7oz cooked turkey or chicken, cut into bite-sized cubes
- 1 large red pepper, diced
- 1 large yellow pepper, diced
- 200g/7oz baby plum tomatoes, halved lengthways
- 210g pack mozzarella pearls, drained and halved
- handful basil leaves, torn if large
Directions
- Cook the pasta in a saucepan of boiling water according to the packet instructions. Drain and leave to cool.
- Once the pasta is cool, stir in the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes, then add the vinegar and garlic granules. Divide between four lunchboxes.
- Put the sun-dried tomatoes, turkey or chicken, peppers, fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil leaves on top of the pasta. When ready to eat, stir all the ingredients together.
