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Healthy tuna pasta salad – Recipe

In ten minutes, you can serve this healthy tuna pasta as a salad in a packed lunch or for supper.

Ingredients
150g/5oz whole wheat pasta, cooked according to packet instructions (to al dente) and drained
150g/5oz olives, chopped
150g/5oz canned tuna, drained
75g/2½oz Parmesan, grated
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley

tuna pasta salad

For the salad
3 carrots, grated or sliced into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
1 cucumber, seeds removed and grated or sliced into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
2 tomatoes, chopped

Method
Place the cooked penne into a large bowl with all the other ingredients (the residual heat from the pasta will heat the other ingredients to give you a warm pasta dish).

Place the grated carrot, cucumber and chopped tomatoes into a separate bowl and mix together.

Serve both bowls of salad together at the table, warm, or refrigerate and mix together for a packed lunch salad.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday address the nation on the measures currently being undertaken to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

President Cyril Ramaphosa

The address by the President follows a meeting of the National Command Council on Sunday, 29 March, which assessed the efficacy of the national lockdown which came into effect on Thursday 26 March.  Coronavirus Hotline Number: 0800 029 999 from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday to Friday. Read more