Quinoa Pasta Salad

Name: Quinoa Pasta Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 Package Ancient Harvest Quinoa Pasta 8 oz.; 1/3 C Wishbone Romano Basil Vinaigrette; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper chopped; 1/2 Red Bell Pepper chopped; 1/2 Yellow Bell Pepper chopped; 1/8 C onion chopped; 1/4 C Red Ripe Tomato diced; 3 oz. Mozzerella Cheese in small cubes; (I use 2 part-skim mozz. cheese sticks and cut them into small slices); 1 package Hormel Turkey Pepperoni

Minutes to Prepare: 20
Minutes to Cook: 9

Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

1 Package Ancient Harvest Quinoa Pasta, 8 oz.1/3 C Wishbone Romano Basil Vinaigrette1/2 Green Bell Pepper, chopped1/2 Red Bell Pepper, chopped1/2 Yellow Bell Pepper, chopped1/8 C onion, chopped1/4 C Red Ripe Tomato, diced3 oz. Mozzerella Cheese, in small cubes(I use 2, part-skim mozz. cheese sticks and cut them into small slices)1 package, Hormel Turkey Pepperoni

Directions

Prep all ingredients: Chop peppers, tomato, onion, and mozzerella and put into a serving bowl.

Follow directions on box of pasta; cook for about 9 minutes--the pasta will be slightly firm, but this is perfect. Quinoa pasta does not cook like regular pasta noodles--the quinoa will end up mushy after it cools if you cook it too long (likened to the firmness of a "regular" noodle).

Strain and run cold water over noodles to stop the cooking process and to get your noodles to tempurature. Add the noodles to the veggie/cheese blend and stir gently. Add the Romano-Basil dressing and the turkey pepperoni. Fold all the ingredients in, and presto, a delicious side dish!

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AC_APPLEQUEEN.

Servings Per Recipe: 10

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