Easy Pasta Salad

• Prep: 5
• Cook: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 350 g pasta shapes (spiral or bows)
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp capers
• 1/2 medium capsicum, chopped
• 250 g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
• 8 whole olives
• 150 g baby spinach leaves
• 1 tbs basil pesto
• 1 medium Lebanese cucumber, diced

Method

1. Cook pasta according to packet directions. Once cooked, drain the pasta and set aside, reserving a little bit of the cooking liquid.

2. Heat the oil and fry the garlic and capers until fragrant. Add the capsicum, tomatoes and olives and cook for two minutes. Pour the pasta back into the pot with the spinach, pesto and a small amount of cooking liquid. Stir until the spinach has wilted slightly.

3. Cool and add the diced cucumber for a delicious pasta salad.

Nutrition information

	per serving	per 100g
Energy	1368.9 kJ	371.4 kJ
Protein	11.7 g	3.2 g
Fat, total	8.7 g	2.4 g
— saturated	1.4 g	0.4 g
Carbohydrate	45.9 g	12.5 g
— sugars	4 g	1.1 g
Fibre	6.9 g	1.9 g
Sodium	257.6 mg	69.9 mg