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Pasta & pesto salad

This super quick pasta & pesto salad recipe makes a light and tasty meal that’s perfect for picnics or lunchboxes.

This super quick pasta & pesto salad recipe makes a light and tasty meal that’s perfect for picnics or lunchboxes.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 25 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: 65p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 251g serving contains

Energy
1935kj
462kcal
23%
Fat
19g
Med
27%
Saturates
2.1g
Low
11%
Sugars
3.5g
Low
4%
Salt
0.56g
Low
9%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
771kj/184kcal

Ingredients

300g Asda Chosen by you Spirali (or other pasta shapes)

4 tbsp Asda Green Pesto

3 Asda Roasted Red Peppers (from a jar), drained

150g cherry tomatoes, halved

3 basil leaves, shredded

50g toasted pine nuts

Method

1
Cook the pasta according to pack instructions. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold running water.
2
Transfer to a bowl and gently stir in the pesto.
3
Slice the peppers. Stir the peppers, tomatoes, basil leaves and pine nuts into the bowl.