Pasta Salad Recipe
This pasta salad recipe combines all goodness you expect of a pasta salad. Great for a workout meal due to its lean en high protein ingredients such as spinach, tuna and boiled egg.
As with most pasta salad recipes we KIS: Keep It Simple. You don’t need a lot of ingredients to make a great pasta salad.
Ah, and if you don’t like Greek yoghurt just try crème fresh or even a few spoons of mayo! Anything goes with this pasta salad recipe. You can even try a bit of honey mustard! Yummy!
Techniques you’ll learn with this recipe
- How to make an easy healthy chives yoghurt sauce / dip
- How to use lean and protein rich ingredients in a salad
With the recipe you want to invest
- About 15 minutes in the kitchen to prepare
- About $10 for a 4 person salad
Pasta Salad Recipe step-by-step
Ingredients for an Easy Lasagna
| Ingredient | How much Imperial | How much Metric |
| Olive oil | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon |
| Water to boil pasta | A big pan | A big pan |
| Penne | 10 ounces | 300 grams |
| Greek Yoghurt | 3 ounces | 90 ml |
| Tuna | 6 ounces | 150 grams |
| Bell Pepper | 1 big bell pepper | 1 big bell pepper |
| Capers | 1 ounce | 30 grams |
| Olives | 1 ounce | 30 grams |
| Chives | 1 ounce | 30 grams |
| Eggs | 3 eggs | 3 eggs |
| Fresh Spinaches | 4 ounces | 120 grams |
| Red Onion | 1 onions | 1 onion |
| Salt & Pepper | A few pinches | A few pinches |
Pasta Salad Preparation
- Chop the bell pepper in small to medium sized chunks
- Cut the red onions in thin slices
- Cut the olives in half
- Hard boil the egg and cut in 4 wedges
- Wash the spinach
- Chop the chives in small pieces
- Season the Greek yoghurt with salt/pepper and add the chives.
Pasta Salad Recipe Instructions
- Start cooking the pasta al Dente. Read here how to cook pasta to perfection.
- We want the pasta to be cold, so you can just drain when ready! Let it cool a bit
- Add all the ingredients and mix gently: Bell pepper; Red Onion; Tuna; Olives; Capers; and the Spinach!
- When all mixed add the seasoned chive yoghurt. Toss is a bit with your hands so you wont bruise the ingredients
- Add some more pepper to taste!