Sweet corn & ham pasta salad

Prep 15 mins | Cook 15 mins | Serves 4-6

This pasta salad can be made up to 1 day ahead and stored in the fridge. Toss the lettuce through the salad just before serving.

200g dried girandole torsades, penne or fusilli pasta
2 cobs sweet corn, husks and silks removed
¹⁄₂ small red capsicum, deseeded and cut into a 1-cm dice
175g thickly sliced leg ham, chopped
¹⁄₄ cup reduced fat whole egg mayonnaise
¹⁄₄ cup reduced fat Greek-style natural yoghurt
1 tbs lemon juice
4 green oak or butter lettuce leaves, roughly torn

Step 1 Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water, following packet directions, until al dente. Drain, refresh in cold water and set aside to drain.

Step 2 Wash corn and place in a single layer in a microwave safe dish. Cover with plastic wrap, microwave on high for 5 minutes. Leave to coolfor 10 minutes. Unwrap and slice off the corn kernels. Place corn into alarge bowl.

Step 3 Add cooled pasta, capsicum and ham to corn. To make dressing, combine mayonnaise, yoghurt and lemon juice in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss mayonnaise dressing through pasta mixture. Gently toss through lettuce and serve.

Good for you ... Sweetcorn

A good source of dietary fibre which contributes to normal laxation.

Provides niacin (vitamin B3) which is needed for the release of energy from food and also the B vitamins biotin and folate. Biotin contributes to the maintenance of healthy skin, mucous membranes and hair while folate is needed for the formation of blood cells. Also provides some iron that is needed for making red blood cells.

A source of potassium that may help balance the sodium in salty foods.

The carbohydrate in sweetcorn is digested slowly and has a low glycaemic index (GI)