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Pesto pasta salad

Turn a handful of ingredients into a nourishing family meal with this recipe that's ready in only twenty-five minutes.

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 250g legume-based pasta
  • ½ cup pesto
  • 2 courgettes, 1 sliced thinly lengthways, 1 spiralised or grated
  • 250g cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
  • ½ cup pitted black olives
  • ¹⁄³ cup reduced-fat feta, crumbled
  • 100g bag baby spinach
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook pasta as per directions on pack. Drain and allow to cool for a few minutes before tossing with pesto.

    2 Add sliced courgette to a frying pan with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil for about 1 minute on medium heat.

    3 Mix the fried and spiralised courgette, tomatoes, olives, feta and the spinach leaves in a large bowl. Serve the salad sprinkled with pine nuts.

    Variations

    This recipe can also be made using spinach & cheese-filled tortellini in place of pasta.

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