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One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad is for Salad.

One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad takes 20 minutes to prepare.

One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad takes 12 minutes to cook.

One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad are:

2 boxes Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad Classic
4 Tbsp Olive Oil (Extra Virgin preferred for flavor)
6 Tbsp cold water
4-6 Roma/Plum tomatoes (minus the "guts")
2 cups fresh spinach leaves
1 large bell pepper (yellow, orange, or red)
1 small can sliced black olives
1 large avocado
1 15oz can kidney or black beans, drained and rinsed
Feta Cheese (OPTIONAL--not accounted for in figures)

Here is how you make One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad:

NOTE: Rinsing and draining the beans and black olives well will reduce the sodium count. Also, reducing the amount of seasoning mix you use will do so as well.Directions:Make pasta and seasoning mix as directed on the box.While pasta boils, chop and deseed the vegetables and avocado**. Chopping the spinach is entirely up to you (I do). Rinse and drain beans. Mix tomato, bell pepper, spinach, black olives, and beans together with the seasoning mix. Set aside.drain and wash pasta as directed on the box. when its cooled enough, mix pasta and fixings together. more olive oil is totally up to you. As an option, sprinkle with feta cheese and mix it in before serving.**If you are not serving right away, save avocado to cut up right before serving (or taking it to a party) to keep it that nice green color.makes 8 1.5 cup servings (depending on the veggies)Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PSYCHOJULES.

The nutritional information for One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 339.9

• Total Fat: 12.3 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 1,084.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 50.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.1 g
• Protein: 9.6 g

The dietary needs meet for One-Meal Chilly Veggie Pasta Salad is Vegetarian