Corn and Cheese Pasta Salad
Cook the pasta on Sunday and three lunchboxes fill themselves.
Ingredients
- Small pasta shapes250 g
- Tinned sweetcorn300 g
- Cherry tomatoes200 g
- Cucumber150 g
- Block cheese100 g
- Olive oil40 ml
- Lemons1 ea
Method
- Cook the pasta until just tender, drain it, and rinse under cold water until it is completely cool.
- Toss the cold pasta with the olive oil so it does not clump in the fridge.
- Drain the sweetcorn, halve the cherry tomatoes, and dice the cucumber and cheese into small cubes.
- Fold everything together with a squeeze of lemon and season well — cold food needs more salt than hot.
- Keep it in a container in the fridge and spoon a portion into the lunchbox each morning.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegan
Corn and Vegan Cheese Pasta Salad
- 100 g Dairy-free cheese instead of Block cheese
Gluten-free
Corn and Cheese Gluten-Free Pasta Salad
- 250 g Gluten-free pasta instead of Small pasta shapes
Cook the gluten-free pasta to its packet time, rinse well and toss with the oil straight away, as it firms up more in the fridge.
Dairy-free
Corn and Dairy-Free Cheese Pasta Salad
- 100 g Dairy-free cheese instead of Block cheese
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
Sainsbury'sBest choiceno items missing · £3.40 of food
£8.02
58% spare
Tescono items missing · £3.84 of food · £0.44 more
£10.43
63% spare
Morrisonsno items missing · £4.45 of food · £1.05 more
£10.69
58% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Aldi UK· £2.64 of food
£9.36
72% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- Block cheese
Asda· £3.61 of food
£8.08
55% spare
No price at Asda for:
- Tinned sweetcorn
£0.85a serve
£0.85 a serve, cheapest at Sainsbury's
About £3.40 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£10.56 across 4 shops · all 7 items priced · £3.45 more for bigger packs, 72% spare for later
Sainsbury'sBest choice£3.40
no items missing
you'll pay £8.02 · 58% of it spare
Tesco£3.84
no items missing · £0.44 more
you'll pay £10.43 · 63% of it spare
Morrisons£4.45
no items missing · £1.05 more
you'll pay £10.69 · 58% of it spare
Aldi UK£2.64
missing 1 item
you'll pay £9.36 · 72% of it spare
Asda£3.61
missing 1 item
you'll pay £8.08 · 55% of it spare
Buy at Sainsbury's£3.76
Small pasta shapes
£0.82/kg
need 250 gStamford Street Co. Penne Pasta 500 g£0.41closest match
Sainsbury's£0.82/kg£0.41·Tesco£0.82/kg£0.41·Asda£0.82/kg£0.41·Aldi UK£1.50/kg£0.75·Morrisons£1.00·
OcadoN/A
Tinned sweetcorn
£1.82/kg
need 300 gSainsbury's Sweetcorn 3x198g ( *)£0.90closest match
Sainsbury's£1.82/kg£0.90·Tesco£0.53·Aldi UK£0.55·Morrisons£1.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Cucumber
£3.89/kg
need 150 gSainsbury's Standard 179.95 g£0.70closest match
Sainsbury's£3.89/kg£0.70·Aldi UK£4.95/kg£0.99·Asda£5.50/kg£1.10·Morrisons£1.10·Tesco£2.85·OcadoN/A
Block cheese
£7.74/kg
need 100 gEverest Paneer 226 g£1.75
Sainsbury's£7.74/kg£1.75·Morrisons£2.30·Asda£11.06/kg£2.50·Tesco£11.28/kg£2.55·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£0.62
Cherry tomatoes
£2.48/kg
need 200 gStandard 250 g£0.62closest match
Tesco£2.48/kg£0.62·Aldi UK£2.70/kg£0.89·Sainsbury's£2.70/kg£0.89·Asda£3.23/kg£0.97·Morrisons£1.40·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£0.89
Lemons
£0.89
need 1 itemMorrisons Savers 4 perpack 4 itemsclosest match
Morrisons£0.89·Tesco£0.37/ea£0.37·Sainsbury's£0.37/ea£0.37·Asda£0.37/ea£0.37·Aldi UK£0.22/ea£0.89·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£5.29
Olive oil
£5.30/L
need 40 mlSolesta Olive Oil 1 L£5.29closest match
Aldi UK£5.30/L£5.29·Asda£10.92/L£2.73·Sainsbury's£12.00/L£3.00·Morrisons£3.00·Tesco£12.40/L£3.10·OcadoN/A