Corn and Cheese Pasta Salad
Cook the pasta on Sunday and three lunchboxes fill themselves.
Serves 4 25 min 15g proteinKid-friendly
VegetarianPastaSaladLunchboxBudget
Plan it this weekIngredients
- 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
Pak'nSaveBest choiceno items missing · $16.60 of food
$40.41
59% spare
Woolworths NZno items missing · $17.73 of food · $1.13 more
$46.91
62% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
New World· $13.39 of food
$27.68
52% spare
No price at New World for:
- Cherry tomatoes
$4.15a serve
$4.15 a serve, cheapest at Pak'nSave
About $16.60 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$37.41 across 3 shops · all 7 items priced · $5.95 more for bigger packs, 62% spare for later
Pak'nSaveBest choice$16.60
no items missing
you'll pay $40.41 · 59% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$17.73
no items missing · $1.13 more
you'll pay $46.91 · 62% of it spare
New World$13.39
missing 1 item
you'll pay $27.68 · 52% of it spare
Buy at Pak'nSave$21.42
Small pasta shapes
$0.32/100g
need 250 gPasta Maria Bold Elbow Pasta 400 g$1.29closest match
Pak'nSave$0.32/100g$1.29·New World$0.36/100g$1.79·Woolworths NZ$2.99
Tinned sweetcorn
$2.80/kg
need 300 gPams Whole Kernel Corn 1kg 410 g$1.15closest matchreal special
Pak'nSave$2.80/kg$1.15·New World$3.24/kg$1.33·Woolworths NZ$2.90
Block cheese
$1.80/100g
need 100 gRolling Meadow Tasty Cheese Block 100g 500 g$8.99closest match
Pak'nSave$1.80/100g$8.99·New World$3.14/100g$6.59·Woolworths NZ$16.79
Lemons
$4.99/kg
need 1 itemLemons 1kg$4.99 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Pak'nSave$4.99/kg$4.99·New World$5.49/kg$5.49·Woolworths NZ$5.98
Buy at Woolworths NZ$6.00
Cherry tomatoes
$3.00
need 200 g2 × Woolworths Fresh tomatoes cherry 180 greal special
Woolworths NZ$3.00·Pak'nSave$16.06/kg$5.00·New WorldN/A
Buy at New World$9.99
Olive oil
$2.00/100ml
need 40 mlPams Pure Olive Oil 100ml 1 L$9.99
New World$2.00/100ml$9.99·Woolworths NZ$8.95·Pak'nSave$1.80/100ml$8.99