pasta salad

dfw123

Wow such tasty ideas! I love kidney beans so will definitely be trying that! And tuna sweetcorn pasta is delish! :-)

adelight

Mix very thin slices of courgette and grated cheese into hot pasta and it goes soft, melted and delicious.

I use tomatoe puree (from appr*ved f**ds) rather than chopped pasta salad as I like everything to stick together to minimise the potential for mess and dropping food Don't fully drain the pasta, mix puree and vegetables in until you get a sauce and it really sticks to the pasta when cooled.

maman i love roast vegetable pasta sauce and soup but never thought to put them in the oven when i'm doing a batch bake! thank you!

hilstep2000

A tin of ratatouille works too!

Soworried

Hi
I like mine with a tbs of mayonaisse, and a tbs of left over curry. Add a handful of left over cooked chicken and it is very nice.

Flyboy152

Farfalle, fusilli or penne etc., sliced mushrooms, shredded scallions and chopped red and green peppers, with a some balsamic vinegar and olive oil, chopped oregano and basil (if you want to push the boat out a bit, some chopped sun dried tomatoes), or some mayonnaise.

jpscloud

My favourite is to slice a couple of pieces of german salami (or pepperoni) into slivers, warm them in the bottom of a large pan, add the cooked pasta and stir through. This really gives the pasta a fantastic flavour without doing a big cook up of sauce - then add whatever you fancy (I usually cube some cheese and stir that through) to serve.

Phoolgrrrl

For sun dried toms try home bargins, £1 a jar and it last for ages as you only need 2 or 3 cut up small for a few days worth of pasta. I also get artichokes in a jar from HB.

tuna sweetcorn mayo pasta as said, with grated chees or some cream cheese mixed in.

To jazz it up a bit I used fresh basil leaves mixed in with peppers toms and olive oil and crushed garlic. The basil leaves are not that dear, and by making my pasta more of a 'treat' I wanted to eat it rather than buy somthing fromn canteen so saved in long run!

If you do put crushed raw garlic in be careful as I find it gets stronger as the week goes on, by thurs my lunch was v garlic-ey!

I have cold pasta salads for lunch. Do those of you who have tomato sauce/roast veg eat this cold, or does it need heated to taste nice?

asparagus1968

pasta +tablespoon of mayo+teaspoon 0f sweet chilli dipping sauce

pasta+tablespoon tomato puree+teaspoon of olive oil

pasta+tin of mackeral in sunflower oil

Charliex

Stir in a bit of cream cheese (plain or the ones with garlic and herbs etc) and to this you can also add a bit of smoked salmon or shredded chicken or maybe some chopped ham or left over bacon. Whatever you have to hand really!

scaredy_cat

this is an easy carbonara recipe, and doesn't use cream so it isn't very sickly - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1052/ultimate-spaghetti-carbonara