Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Butterfly Pasta Salad
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry likes the bow-tie pasta shapes — they look like butterflies!
Serves
4
Prep
10 min
Cook
12 min
Level
⭐ Easy
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •250 g bow-tie pasta
- •12 cherry tomatoes
- •0.5 cucumber
- •100 g sweetcorn
- •2 tbsp olive oil
- •4 leaves basil
🔧 Equipment
saucepancolanderchopping boardknifelarge bowl
📝 Method
- 1Adult: boil water in a saucepan and cook the pasta for 12 minutes.
- 2Adult: drain and rinse under cold water.
- 3Adult: halve the cherry tomatoes.
- 4Adult: dice the cucumber.
- 5Mix the pasta, tomatoes, cucumber and sweetcorn in a bowl.
- 6Drizzle with olive oil and stir.
- 7Tear basil leaves and sprinkle on top.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Mix ingredients in bowl
- ✓ Drizzle oil
- ✓ Tear basil
- ✓ Stir
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Boil water
- ⚠️ Drain hot pasta
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must handle boiling water
- • Keep refrigerated if for lunchbox
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding mozzarella balls or cooked chicken.
