This Asian-inspired pasta recipe makes a pleasant lunch and a welcome change to a traditional pasta salad.
Ingredients
- 150g small pasta shapes
- ½ cucumber
- 5 spring onions, finely sliced
- Grated zest and juice of ½ lime
- 1 can drained tuna
- 3 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 1 tsp wasabi paste
- 1 tsp sesame oil,
- A handful of pea shoots
Method
- 1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water as per the packet instructions.
- 2. Meanwhile, roughly chop ½ cucumber and finely slice 5 spring onions. Stir the grated zest and juice of ½ lime and 1 can drained tuna into 3 tbsp light mayonnaise and 1 tsp wasabi paste.
- 3. Once the pasta is cooked, drain, refresh in cold water, drain again, then stir through 1 tsp sesame oil, a handful of pea shoots and all the other ingredients.
- 4. Spoon half into a container and keep the other half in the fridge for the next day. Makes 2 portions.