Fruit and Pasta Salad - Fitness - Exercises, Fitness & Nutrition, and Fitness Articles

Ingredients

• 50 g fine green beans
• 125 g lean cooked ham
• 1 pear
• 350 g mixed colored pasta shapes
• 75 g 25% reduced-fat mature Cheddar cheese, grated
• 100 g peeled fresh pineapple, diced
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 4 tablespoons plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped pickled gherkin, or to taste (optional)
• 1 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar, or to taste
• juice of 1/4 lemon, or to taste
• pepper to taste
• cayenne pepper (optional)
• 120 g mixed salad greens, such as arugula, watercress or baby spinach
• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries (optional)