TODAY’S RECIPE: Lunchbox pasta salad

EXPERIMENT with your favourite pasta shapes. SERVES: 4

Ingredients

400g pasta 4-5 tbsp fresh pesto 1 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt ½ lemon, juice only 200g mixed cooked veg, such as peas, green beans, courgette (chop into pea-sized pieces) 100g cherry tomatoes, quartered 200g cooked chicken, ham, prawns, hardboiled egg or cheese

Method

1. Cook the pasta in boiling water until it is al dente — check the pack instructions. Drain and tip into a bowl. Stir in the pesto and leave to cool.

2. Stir through the mayo, yoghurt, lemon juice and veg. Spoon into lunchboxes or on to pasta plates and put the cooked chicken or protein of your choice on top. Chill until ready to eat if intended for a packed lunch.