15-minute, flavour-packed pasta salad

Name: 15-minute, flavour-packed pasta salad
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 lemon (zested & juiced); 3 tablespoons sun-dried tomato oil; 2 teaspoons maple syrup; 2 servings pasta (about 75g per person); 0.5 block firm tofu (about 150g, cut into small pieces); 1 small cucumber (cut into cubes); 1 small jar sun-dried tomatoes (drained and finely chopped); 100 g cherry tomatoes; 1 small red onion (finely chopped); 0.25 bunch basil (roughly chopped); 50 g black olives (pitted)

Save this for an easy packed lunch.

Yield2 servings

Ingredients

Dressing

Salad

Directions

1
Cook the pasta in salted water in a large saucepan according to the instructions on the pack. Place the tofu in a steaming basket on top of the pan and steam it as the pasta cooks (optional).
2
Once al dente, drain the pasta and rinse with cold water, until the pasta is cool to touch. Leave the tofu to one side to cool.
3
Mix the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
4
Toss the cool pasta and tofu with the cucumber, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, red onion, most of the chopped basil, the olives, and the dressing. Serve with some basil leaves on top.

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