Quick and Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

The end result I paired it with my homemade berry smoothie for a healthy lunch

This is a really quick and simple recipe that I use to make a healthy, tasty lunch the ingredients you will need to make this are:

• 1 serving portion of pasta
• 1/2 cup of tomatoes 
• 1/2 cup of mixed peppers
• 1/3 cup of fresh mozzarella cheese
• Fresh basil leaves
• Light Italian dressing
• 1 lemon

To begin with boil a pan of water on the hob and have your pasta serving ready in a bowl next to it while you're waiting for the water to boil run the tomatoes under cold water.

Cut up your peppers into small chunks then add them to a large mixing bowl.

Cut up the tomatoes in half then in half again and add them to your mixing bowl with the peppers.

I then added the pasta to the boiling water, turned down the heat and let the pasta cook for 10 minutes although check the guidelines for your specific pasta. I then cut the stalks off the fresh basil and chopped the basil into small pieces and added them into the mixing bowl. 

When the pasta was cooked I then drained the pasta and added it to the mixing bowl and poured Italian dressing around the edges and mixed it together making sure all of the pasta was covered in dressing and the salad was evenly distributed. 

I also added a squeezing of lemon juice and sliced chunks of fresh mozzarella then I put it in the fridge to cool for 10 minutes, then you're ready to have lunch! This is a simple basis recipe feel free to add a meat or fish dish to it and change the ingredients to suit you.