Pasta Salad in a Jar

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings

Description

This quick and easy pasta salad is a great on-the-go lunch that layers tortellini, pesto, tomatoes, and mache lettuce in a canning jar.

Ingredients

1 (9 ounce) package spinach and cheese tortellini (such as Three Bridges® Tortellini)
1 (4 ounce) jar pesto (such as Three Bridges® Pesto)
1/4 cup halved, seeded, and sliced English cucumber
1/4 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup matchstick-sized pieces red onion
1/2 cup chopped mache (lamb's lettuce)
1 canning jar
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook tortellini in the boiling water until they float to the top, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain water. Place in the refrigerator to cool, about 15 minutes.
2 Layer pesto, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, tortellini, and mache into the canning jar; season with salt and pepper.