Super-salad wraps
Make an exciting vegetarian salad wrap with crunchy veg for texture and a good hit of cheddar cheese. Perfect for packing into a lunchbox
Lunchbox pasta salad
Serves 4
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
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
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- 400g pasta
- 4-5 tbsp fresh pesto
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
- ½ lemonjuiced
- 200g mixed cooked vegsuch as peas, green beans, courgette (chop the beans and courgette into pea-sized pieces)
- 100g cherry tomatoesquartered
- 200g cooked chickenham, prawns, hard-boiled egg or cheese
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal528
- fat16g
- saturates3g
- carbs69g
- sugars5g
- fibre8g
- protein23g
- salt1.2g
Method
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.
