Free Online Recipes
 |  

Sign Up login
 
 

Garden Pasta Salad Recipe

   
 

               Recipe Tools

 
No Reviews Yet
Read / Add New Review
Add / Copy to a Cookbook
Printable Format
 

 

 



     Garden Pasta Salad

Category   Salads - Soups - Sidedishes
Sub Category   Low-fat
Servings   6 (1 cup each)
Preptime   35 minutes

Ingredients
2 cups whole-wheat rotini, (6 ounces)
1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1/3 cup low-fat plain yogurt
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar, or lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1/8 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
 
1 cup diced yellow or red bell pepper, (1 small)
1 cup grated carrots, (2-4 carrots)
1/2 cup chopped scallions, (4 scallions)
1/2 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
1/3 cup slivered fresh basil

Instructions
1.Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes, or according to package directions. Drain and refresh under cold running water.
2.Whisk mayonnaise, yogurt, oil, vinegar (or lemon juice), garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl until smooth. Add the pasta and toss to coat. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, carrots, scallions, olives and basil; toss to coat well.
Tips & Notes Make Ahead Tip- Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Ingredient note- Precooked “baked tofu” is firmer than water-packed tofu and comes in a wide variety of flavors. You might also like flavored baked tofu on a sandwich or in a stir-fry.
Nutrition Per serving- 205 calories; 9 g fat (2 g sat, 5 g mono); 1 mg cholesterol; 29 g carbohydrates; 6 g protein; 4 g fiber; 291 mg sodium; 269 mg potassium. Nutrition Bonus- Vitamin C (97% daily value), Vitamin A (70% dv), Fiber (17% dv). 2 Carbohydrate Serving Exchanges- 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 2 fat (mono)


Originally Submitted
3/6/2010





0 Out of 5 from 0 reviews

You can add this Garden Pasta Salad recipe to your own private DesktopCookbook.

 

MySkiSign.com
 
 

   
   
 

Contact Us | Help | About Us

Copyright Complaints | Advertise with Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

Copyright © 2002 - 2020 DesktopCookbook. All rights reserved.
Site Owned by
Integrated Sales Resources, LLC.