Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Garden Pasta Salad is for Dinner.

Garden Pasta Salad takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Garden Pasta Salad takes 15 minutes to cook.

Garden Pasta Salad makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Garden Pasta Salad are:

2 cups cooked rotelli, or any small pasta
2 cups fress green beans, blanched,cut in two inch pieces
1 cup fresh or frozen peas, blanched
1 cup julienne carrots, blanched
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
fresh tarragon ,minced (or whatever herbs you like)
1/2 cup fat free sour cream
juice of one lemon
1/4 cup light mayonaise
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 can water packed tuna
salt and pepper to taste

Here is how you make Garden Pasta Salad:

Put a pot of water on to boil. Blanch vegetables individually for two to three minutes each. Remove and rinse under cold water. Set aside. In the same water cook pasta as per package directions. Drain, and rinse with cold water. Set aside. To make dressing, in a food processor combine sour cream, mayonaise, garlic, lemon juice, herbs, and olive oil. Taste for salt and pepper.Combine pasta with vegetables and tuna, mix in dressing. any combination of vegetables will work. I added some tomato wedges on the side.Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BOSS3291.

The nutritional information for Garden Pasta Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 314.7

• Total Fat: 9.5 g
• Cholesterol: 20.2 mg
• Sodium: 518.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 40.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 19.0 g