Five minute Pasta Salad.

Working almost full time means that the two days off I get, I try and pack as much blogging time as I can into them amongst all the other things that are on the to do list for those days. On such days cooking something styling it and capturing on camera takes a fair amount of time, especially in the winter when there is no daylight for good photography. Today was one of those days so when I saw a glimmer of sunshine peeping through the rain clouds I thought why not rustle a speedy lunch that I can click and post without much ado and before the daylight disappears. This pasta dish I made in 5 minutes flat and got it on a plate to take a picture before the rain clouds came out and the sunshine disappeared.

A healthy and delicious salad low in calories but delicious in taste.
Ingredients:
180g / 8 oz cold cooked penne pasta
1/4 yellow capsicum cut into strips
2 inch piece of cucumber cut into matchsticks
1 small carrot peeled and grated
1 small tomato cut in half and sliced
8 green seedless grapes cut in halves
30g / 10 oz cooked sweet corn
2 -3 basil leaves torn
Dressing
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Pinch of chilli flakes
1 teaspoon of chilli garlic hot sauce
Pinch of salt
Pinch of black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
Pinch of Italian oregano
Method: 
1.In a large bowl add the pasta, cucumber,capsicum, carrots, grapes and sweet corn, toss all the ingredients together.
2. In a glass jar with a screw top lid add all the ingredients listed in the dressing list . 
3. Place the lid on the jar and shake it to mix the dressing.
4. Pour the dressing over the pasta salad and toss together.
5.Transfer the pasta salad to a serving dish and garnish with torn basil leaves
Serve immediately.

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Nayna Kanabar

A vegetarian influencer that loves to travel and discover new places.

28 thoughts on “Five minute Pasta Salad.

  1. Thank you for entering your Five Minute Pasta Salad to this month's Pasta Please challenge. I've never tried pasta with grapes before, sounds like an interesting flavour combo. Great photo. I know exactly what you mean about light challenges, it can get so frustrating.

  2. I used to have salad with grapes all the time, so this isn't a big leap for me. I would have to substitute the pasta for gluten free, but besides that it sounds delicious!

  3. Oh this light is terrible for photos isn't it, and the early darkness is so annoying. I rarely get much opportunity to photograph in good daylight and make the most of it when I can! Sounds like a lovely salad, a perfectly Virtuous entry to this month's Four Seasons Food, thanks so much for linking up.

  4. I am on weight watchers so the one change I would make to this is using whole grain penne. I've never used grapes in pasta salad but it would be a zero point addition – this sounds yummy and nutritious and very versatile, too. Alana visiting from the UBC.

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