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Pasta salad recipe- how to make pasta salad
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Pasta salad

A tasty and healthy breakfast not compromising your diet plans as well as your taste buds!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American, Italian, Mediterranean
Keyword easy pasta salad, italian pasta, pasta, pasta salad
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 450kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Boiled pasta On recipe: Fusilli
  • 1 Green capsicum diced
  • 1 Red bell pepper diced
  • 1 Yellow bell pepper diced
  • 1 Onion large; diced medium
  • 10 Cherry tomatoes Each cut half
  • 8 Walnuts
  • 10 Black olives Sliced
  • 1/4 cup Feta cheese Cut into cubes
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
  • 4 tbsp Olive oil Extra virgin
  • 6 Basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese Grated

Instructions

  • In a pot of boiling water, add fusilli pasta with a tablespoon of oil and a teaspoon of salt. Boil the pasta, strain it and keep aside.
  • Take a bowl and add the boiled pasta.
  • To this, add one diced capsicum, followed by one diced red and yellow bell pepper each.
  • Then add one chopped large onion and ten cherry tomatoes. Then, add walnuts and black olives.
  • After this, add 1/4th cup of feta cheese cubes, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper powder.
  • To complete the salad dressing add 4 tablespoons of olive oil with basil leaves and 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese to the bowl.
  • Give a nice mix and serve in a bowl a little cold.

Notes

You can also add broccoli or sweet corn to the salad.
More the veggies, higher the nutritional value!

Nutrition

Serving: 4cups | Calories: 450kcal | Carbohydrates: 58.5g | Protein: 17.5g | Fat: 29.5g | Saturated Fat: 4.9g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 851mg | Potassium: 1144mg | Fiber: 6.8g | Sugar: 13.8g | Calcium: 151mg | Iron: 4mg