I must admit it: salads are part of my life. I rarely go for one day without having a salad.
And the good part of being a salad lover is that there are an infinity of options. There are so many kind of salads that one can never have enough.
I always try to have a balanced meal and this salad is just perfect. I love lentils pasta because they are entirely made from one ingredient: lentils, are an excellent source of proteins and fibers, are gluten free and non-GMO.
This salad has only a few ingredients, it is super simple to make and is incredibly delicious and healthy.
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What you need:
- Red lentil penne pasta, other shapes of pasta are ok too
- Tuna flakes in extra virgin olive oil, drained
- Cherry tomatoes
- Fresh mozzarella
- Pitted Kalamata olives
- Fresh basil leaves
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
How to do it:
Boil the pasta al dente. Rinse it with cold water, drain it and place it in a bowl or plate.
Cut the cherry tomatoes and the mozzarella, and add them to the pasta.
Add the tuna flakes and olives too.
Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil, season with salt and pepper, add some fresh basil leaves, and enjoy it!
This red lentil penne pasta salad is super simple and quick to make! Perfect for a healthy quick lunch or dinner!
Nutritional Information:
Enjoy it! Eat healthy, stay healthy!
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Red Lentil Penne Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 100 g red lentil penne pasta
- 60 g tuna flakes in extra virgin olive oil, drained
- 50 g cherry tomatoes
- 60 g fresh mozzarella
- 5 pitted kalamata olives
- 3-4 fresh basil leaves
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Boil the pasta al dente. Rinse it with cold water, drain it and place it in a bowl or plate.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes and the mozzarella, and add them to the pasta.
- Add the tuna flakes and olives too.
- Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil, season with salt and pepper, add some fresh basil leaves, and enjoy it!
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Thank you!
Lovely recipe, nice looking, photography at its best. Recipe shared simply and more easily understandable. With your recipe way, no food is hard to cook ✨🤗 Have a lovely weekend Ribana.
Thank you very much Simon! The idea of my blog with my recipes was to show the world that if I can cook everybody else can 😉
You are welcome Ribana 🥰
Looking delicious and so well presented
Thank you very much Derrick!
A wonderful summer dish.
Exactly! Thank you Bernadette!
Looks delicious!
Thank you! It really is!
This looks absolutely delicious 😍 you can never go wrong with pasta salad 😋 thanks for sharing and have a good day ☺️ I hope your summer is going well 🤗 xx Aiva
Thank you very much Aiva! I’m glad you like it! Very true! A pasta salad is always welcomed 😋 I’m in summer all year long and so far so good ☺️ I still can’t get enough of sunny days 🤩☀️
Excellent post Ribana, l used to love making salads, in the days when l could eat all sorts of vegetables easily and freely.
Thank you Rory! I hope one day you’ll be able to enjoy again all sorts of veggies without any problems 😉
According to the doctors, sadly that is probably never going to happen now. Oh well.
Never trust the doctors completely 😅
Oh l don’t trust them at all, but sadly l think they are right and as much new food as l attempt to reintroduce, there are too many issues afoot,
This looks so delicious and perfect for summer!
Thank you very much!
Yummy. That food its like you want to taste every bite😋😋
Thank you! I’m glad you like it!
I didn’t know that there was red lentil Pasta, I prefer pasta dishes with cheese mainly!
Lentil pasta is made from lentils flour and is super delicious in pasta salads 😉