Sunshine Pasta Salad with Gosh! Sweetcorn & Quinoa Bites

This delicious salad can also be served warm in the winter months by omitting the cucumber and popping it in a thermos ready for school lunch. This also works well as a tray bake for supper time – make the salad as suggested, place in a dish, top with grated cheese and breadcrumbs, and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Pasta salad ingredients:

• 160g wholewheat pasta, cooked and drained
• Easy peasy tomato sauce (see recipe below)
• 1 packet of Gosh! Sweetcorn & Quinoa Bites
• ½ red pepper, chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped into very small pieces
• ¼ cucumber, chopped into very small pieces
• 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 head of broccoli, steamed and chopped into small pieces
• 2 spring onions, finely sliced
• Fresh parsley, chopped very finely (about 1 tbsp)
• Grated (optional)

Easy peasy tomato sauce ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed or finely chopped
• 1x 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp. of vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar)
• Salt and pepper
• A small handful of basil

Method

1. To make the tomato sauce simply add the olive oil to a pan and put on medium heat.
2. Add garlic and onion and sauté until soft.
3. Add the can of tomatoes, basil, vinegar and salt and pepper, cooking for about 5 minutes.
4. Once cooked, blend until smooth. It will keep in an airtight container in fridge for up to 1 week.
5. For the pasta salad, place the cooked pasta in a large bowl and mix through with the tomato sauce.
6. Add all of the other ingredients, apart from the Gosh! Sweetcorn & Quinoa Bites and mix again.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Finally, add the Gosh! Sweetcorn & Quinoa Bites (I use three per person).