Corn and Cheese Pasta Salad
Cook the pasta on Sunday and three lunchboxes fill themselves.
Serves 4 25 min 15g proteinKid-friendly
veggiepastasaladlunchboxbudget
Plan it this weekIngredients
- Small pasta shapes250 g
- Tinned sweetcorn300 g
- Cherry tomatoes200 g
- Cucumber150 g
- Block cheese100 g
- Olive oil40 ml
- Lemons1 ea
Method
- Cook the pasta until just tender, drain it, and rinse under cold water until it is completely cool.
- Toss the cold pasta with the olive oil so it does not clump in the fridge.
- Drain the sweetcorn, halve the cherry tomatoes, and dice the cucumber and cheese into small cubes.
- Fold everything together with a squeeze of lemon and season well — cold food needs more salt than hot.
- Keep it in a container in the fridge and spoon a portion into the lunchbox each morning.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
Each item at whichever of your shops sells it cheapest.
- WoolworthsBest choice$56.20 for 5 of 7 items
$4.30a serve
from $4.30 a serve at Coles · 6 of 7 ingredients priced
About $17.19 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$78.38 across 3 shops · all 7 items priced · $2.78 more for bigger packs, 18% spare for later
Coles$17.19
6 of 7 ingredients
you'll pay $27.62 · $10.43 of it spare
WoolworthsBest choice$56.20
5 of 7 ingredients
you'll pay $62.08 · $5.88 of it spare
Aldi$4.70
4 of 7 ingredients
you'll pay $14.76 · $10.06 of it spare
