Salad

Southwestern Pasta Salad is for Salad.

Southwestern Pasta Salad takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Southwestern Pasta Salad takes several minutes to cook.

Southwestern Pasta Salad makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Southwestern Pasta Salad are:

Half a box of rotini pasta
Can of corn
Can of black beans
4 stalks of celery
Half a green pepper
Small head of broccoli
Half a raw onion
1 diced jalapeno
half an avocado, chopped
cilantro to taste
about 1/4 jar of spicy queso
about 1/2 cup of pace or other salsa
green tabasco to taste
cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper to taste

Here is how you make Southwestern Pasta Salad:

Cook pasta (I cook it with diced garlic for flavor) and drain and rinse and make sure it's room temperature. Add all veggies and beans and mix. Add jalapeno, cilantro, and spices, and mix again. Then mix in the queso and the salsa. Chill overnight if you can stand it!Makes about 10 generous side dish servings. Also great as a main dish with chicken - grill it with the tabasco, cumin, onion and garlic powder, and pepper, and mix in. For people not into spicy stuff, you can omit the jalapneo, use mild queso, and tabasco.Number of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user QUIXOTIQUE.

The nutritional information for Southwestern Pasta Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 183.4

• Total Fat: 3.6 g
• Cholesterol: 2.0 mg
• Sodium: 370.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 32.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.4 g
• Protein: 8.3 g