Tuna Pasta Salad

You might not know it, but pasta is a great salad ingredient, even when it’s cold. It can be prepared the night before and with this recipe, there’s even some left over for mum and dad.

Serves two

Ingredients

• 225g of short pasta shapes (wholewheat pasta is even better)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion chopped
• 2 green peppers,
• 225g mushrooms
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 large can of tuna
• Black pepper and lemon juice to taste

Method

1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water until it’s cooked through but still firm
2. Drain it and rinse in cold water
3. Prepare the vegetables by washing and slicing them into small pieces
4. Soften the vegetables in a pan with a little olive oil
   Drain the tuna from the can and add to the pan along with the pasta
5. Cool and serve into a plastic container for bringing away to lunch.