Name: Lunch box pasta salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 250 gram small pasta; 2/3 cup (200g) mayonnaise; 2 teaspoon wholegrain mustard; 300 gram can butter beans, rinsed, drained; 100 gram roasted capsicum, drained, chopped; 250 gram cherry tomatoes, halved; 100 gram leg ham, coarsely chopped; 1/2 cup (55g) chopped baby green beans; 1/3 cup (25g) parmesan cheese flakes; salt and freshly ground pepper

Lunch box pasta salad

This great pasta salad is brilliant as a lunch for work or school, but you can also serve it as a side dish to grilled or barbecued meats.

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

Ingredients

250 gram small pasta

2/3 cup (200g) mayonnaise

2 teaspoon wholegrain mustard

300 gram can butter beans, rinsed, drained

100 gram roasted capsicum, drained, chopped

250 gram cherry tomatoes, halved

100 gram leg ham, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup (55g) chopped baby green beans

1/3 cup (25g) parmesan cheese flakes

salt and freshly ground pepper

Method

Lunchbox pasta salad

1.Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until just tender; drain. Rinse pasta under cold water, then drain well. Transfer pasta to a large bowl and cool.

2.Add combined mayonnaise and mustard to pasta in bowl.

3.Stir in butter beans, capsicum, tomato, ham, beans and parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

4.Serve in a lunch box with a fork.

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