Salmon pasta salad

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Salmon pasta salad recipe

Children can help make this colourful salad

30 minutes

Serves 4

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Recipe by: Mixer | Eat Move Learn cook

A pasta salad is an easy packed lunch or picnic lunch you can throw together. We’ve used salmon, sugar snap peas and rocket here but you can use any ingredients you like – tuna, sweetcorn, tomatoes, roasted vegetables.

This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.

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Two hands - one large, one smallSuitable for young cooks

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Recipe by: Mixer | Eat Move Learn cook

A pasta salad is an easy packed lunch or picnic lunch you can throw together. We’ve used salmon, sugar snap peas and rocket here but you can use any ingredients you like – tuna, sweetcorn, tomatoes, roasted vegetables.

This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.

> See all our recipes suitable for young cooks

Two hands - one large, one smallSuitable for young cooks

Ingredients

  • 350g wholewheat pasta
  • 150g sugar snap peas
  • 1 x 210g can salmon, drained
  • 280g cherry tomatoes, chopped in half
  • 100g rocket leaves
  • 1/2 lemon, zest and juice
  • 4 tablespoons reduced-fat crème fraîche

CALORIES: 276

FAT: 8.8g

5 A DAY: 1.5

SALT: 0.41g

SUGAR: 4.9g

Method

  1. Ask an adult to help you boil some water in a saucepan. Then cook the pasta by following the instructions on the packet.
  2. Add the sugar snap peas to the water 2 minutes before the pasta is cooked.
  3. When the pasta is ready, drain it using a colander or sieve. Then place it under cold running water to cool the food down, then drain again.
  4. Put the pasta, sugar snap peas, salmon and rocket leaves in a large mixing bowl and mix together with two forks.
  5. In a separate bowl, make the dressing by mixing the zest and juice of half a lemon with the crème fraîche.
  6. Tip the dressing onto the pasta salad and gently mix the ingredients with the forks. Enjoy your easy-peasy pasta salad.

Serving suggestion

Serve with a green salad or a piece of fruit to boost your 5 A DAY!

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