Healthy Pasta Salad

• 150 grams pasta shapes
• 4 small tomatoes (I used baby plum tomatoes)
• 1/4 red pepper
• 1/4 orange pepper
• 1 small carrot peeled
• 1 handful of cheese
• 2 inches of cucumber
• 1 spring onion
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 pinch of salt and pepper
• 1 small clove of garlic (optional)
• 1 small knob of butter

1. cook pasta according to instructions
2. while pasta is cooking chop tomatoes, pepper, cucumber and spring onion into small pieces
3. grate the carrot and cheese
4. finely crushed the garlic
5. as soon as the pasta is cooked, drain and add the garlic and butter.
6. put back on a low heat and stir until the butter is melted.
7. remove from heat and add the carrot, cheese, tomatoes and pepper.
8. stir until combined
9. leave to cool slightly then add the cucumber
10. for my daughter I added one tbsp of mayonnaise, stirred and served hers.
11. then I added the rest of the mayo, spring onion, salt and pepper for me
12. you can change the mayonnaise for salad cream or other salad dressings.
13. bit more healthy remove the cheese.
14. goes well with cooked chicken or fish.
15. for salad tacos I lined my bowl with lettuce leaves and used them as taco shells

pasta, tomatoes, red pepper, orange pepper, carrot, handful of cheese, cucumber, onion, mayonnaise, salt, clove of garlic, knob of butter

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/360904-healthy-pasta-salad (may not work)