Italian Pasta Salad
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 10 min
Servings: 4
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A classic Italian pasta salad, with a few added extras.
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups pasta shapes (spiral or bows)
  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 12 olives, pitted and sliced
  • 1 green capsicum, seeded and diced
  • 6 button mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/2 cup snow pea, ends trimmed, chopped
  • 2 tbs parsley, chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 185 g can tuna in spring water, drained
  • 1/2 cup low-fat Italian salad dressing
  • pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Cook pasta according to packet directions.
  2. Toss tomatoes, olives, capsicum, mushrooms, snow peas, parsley, lemon juice and tuna together. Mix through pasta.
  3. Pour the dressing over salad and add pepper to taste.

Hint
Look for low-fat or fat-free dressings in the dressing section at the supermarket.

Recipe from Healthy Food Fast © State of Western Australia, 2012. Reproduced with permission.


Variation: For best results use Italian parsley when available.

Healthy tip!

Still hungry? Try a side of salad or vegies before going for seconds.

Nutrition Information

per serving per 100g
Energy 920 kJ 340 kJ
220 Cal 81 Cal
Protein 16.3 g 6 g
Fat, total 4 g 1.5 g
— saturated 0.8 g 0.3 g
Carbohydrate 26.1 g 9.7 g
— sugars 4.6 g 1.7 g
Sodium 495.1 mg 183.3 mg
Fibre 4.5 g 1.7 g

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