Mediterranean Pasta Salad

A tasty lunchtime meal.

Ingredients:
250g GF pasta
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp crushed garlic
3 slices of middle bacon (rind etc removed)
1/2 cup pitted olives, cut in half
1 tsp chilli flakes
250g tuna in brine, drained
2 tomatoes, diced & seeds removed
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/3 cup fresh pasley, chopped
salt
pepper

1.  Cook pasta per packet instructions.
2. When cooked, drizzle oil over pasta and stir. Put aside.
3. Heat a frying pan with 2tbs oil, garlic, bacon, chilli and olives and cook for 2min.
4. Add the tuna, tomato and pine nuts and cook for another 3-4min, or until tomato is soft.
5. Stir in the pasta. Add the parsley and salt and pepper if desired.
6. Serve.

*This is a great lunch box addition, or tasty treat for a toddler.*
To Freeze: separate into small containers, allow to cool fully then freeze.

To Thaw: place in fridge in the morning, or add to lunch box and it should defrost by lunchtime, if it doesn't quickly zap in microwave for approximately 15seconds.