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Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ takes several minutes to prepare.

Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ takes several minutes to cook.

Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ are:

1 can black beans, drained, rinsed
1 can yellow sweet corn
1 can black olives, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
Chives
4 oz dry orzo--boiled and cooled

Here is how you make Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ:

drain the black beans and rinse them to get the "gravy off", mix with 1 can chopped olives and 1 can yellow sweet corn. Chop 1 bell pepper (any color works of course...I just had green on hand). I also chopped some fresh chives to garnish. Add cooked and cooled orzo. Add salt, pepper and cumin to taste! Enjoy :)Serving Size: about 5, 1 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ELZEE143.

The nutritional information for Mexican Orzo Pasta Salad--LZ is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 802.1

• Total Fat: 17.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 2,160.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 141.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 27.5 g
• Protein: 31.6 g