Healthy Italian Pasta Salad Recipe
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
- Cook pasta according to packet directions.
- Toss tomatoes, olives, capsicum, mushrooms, snow peas, parsley, lemon juice and tuna together. Mix through pasta.
- 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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