Healthy and colourful vegan pasta salad for kids
This kids pasta salad is easy, healthy and colourful. Easily adaptable and great for lunchboxes, meals at home and picnics.
Ingredients
For the pasta salad
- 150 g small pasta shapes eg macaroni cooked and cooled
- Handful frozen peas cooked and cooled
- Handful sweetcorn tinned, fresh or frozen, cooked and cooled
- ½ red pepper chopped
- 1 small carrot peeled and chopped
- Small handful olives chopped, optional
- Small handful fresh herbs eg basil chopped
- 8 cherry tomatoes quartered
- ¼ cucumber diced
For the dressing
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- First cook 150g small pasta shapes according to the packet instructions. Drain and cool. You may wish to stir a little olive oil through the pasta to stop it sticking together.
- Place in a mixing bowl with your choice of vegetables. I used a handful of peas, a handful of sweetcorn, ½ chopped red pepper, a chopped carrot, a few chopped olives, a handful of torn basil leaves, ¼ cucumber diced and 8 quartered cherry tomatoes. Mix well.
To make the dressing
- Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and ½ teaspoon dried oregano. Pour over the pasta salad and mix well. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Notes
Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 18mgPotassium: 271mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 3198IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg
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