Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic takes 45 minutes to prepare.

Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic takes 10 minutes to cook.

Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic are:

1 box Brilla pasta (bowtie, shells, penne) (apx. 14 oz dry)
One can chicken breast meat in water (12.5 oz)
2 C fresh broccoli chopped
2 C carrots chopped
1 C grape tomatoes (or cherry, whatever you have)
2 Red or Orange sweet peppers chopped
1 C fresh zuchini chopped
1 small can sliced black olives - rinse well (omit if you're watching sodium)
1/2 C Fat Free Cranberry Balsamic Dressing

Here is how you make Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic:

Cook pasta according to package directions. For additional flavor use fat free chicken or vegetable stock. Put chopped veges in a colander and pour pasta water over to blanch (I do this 2 or 3 times but that's just me). Combine veges, pasta and 1/2 of the dressing, toss and refrigerate. Chill for at least 2 hours. Just before serving toss with the remainder of the dressing.Serving Size: Makes 10 generous 1 C servingsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DMATTISON.

The nutritional information for Pasta Salad with Cranberry Balsamic is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 242.7

• Total Fat: 2.4 g
• Cholesterol: 12.5 mg
• Sodium: 205.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 37.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.0 g
• Protein: 14.7 g