Italian pasta salad
Serves 4
Preparation time 10 mins
Cooking time 10 mins
Serves 4 Preparation time 10 minsCooking time 10 mins Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups pasta shapes (spiral or bows)
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- 12 black olives, pitted and sliced
- 1 green capsicum, seeded and diced
- 6 button mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 cup snow peas, strings removed and sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 185g can of tuna in spring water, drained
- 1/2 cup low-fat Italian salad dressing*
- Freshly ground or cracked black pepper, to taste
Method
- Cook pasta according to packet directions
- Toss tomatoes, olives, capsicum, mushrooms, snow peas, parsley, lemon juice and tuna together
- Mix through pasta
- Pour the dressing over salad and add pepper to taste
Notes
Hint*Look for low-fat or fat-free dressings in the dressing section at the supermarket Variation For best results use Italian parsley when available
