Sardine pasta salad
- Serves 2
- 10 mins to prepare and 5 mins to cook, plus cooling
- 504 calories / serving
- Healthy
- Dairy-free
Ingredients
- 150g wholewheat fusilli
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 50g pitted black olives, halved
- 2 x 120g tin sardines in brine, drained, bones and skin removed, flaked
- ½ cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded and finely diced
- 40g mixed salad leaves
Directions
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
- Meanwhile, immerse the onion for 5 minutes in boiling water, then drain.
- Whisk together the oil, lemon zest and juice, and mustard in a large mixing basin.
- Drain the pasta and set aside. Fold the onion, olives, and sardines into the dressing in the mixing basin.
- Allow to cool before adding the cucumber and salad leaves.