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Summer pesto pasta salad

25 mins

Serves 4 Cost per serve $3.05

diabetes friendly vegetarian

250g legume-based pasta
½ cup pesto
2 zucchini, 1 sliced thinly lengthways, 1 spiralised or grated
250g cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
½ cup pitted black olives
¹/³ cup reduced-fat feta, crumbled
1x 100g bag baby spinach
2 tablespoons pinenuts, toasted

1 Cook pasta as per directions on pack. Drain and allow to cool for a few minutes before tossing with pesto.

2 Add sliced zucchini to a frying pan with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil for about 1 minute on medium heat.

Mix the fried and spiralised zucchini, tomatoes,

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