Garden Pasta Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 188.0
  • Total Fat: 7.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 2.0 mg
  • Sodium: 336.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 27.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
  • Protein: 6.6 g

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Introduction

A Garden Pasta Salad is a great way to get veggies and legumes into your diet, and even kids will gobble it up thanks to a lemon and Parmesan vinaigrette! Tasted and tested by my Grades 1-3 Home Economics class - kid approved! A Garden Pasta Salad is a great way to get veggies and legumes into your diet, and even kids will gobble it up thanks to a lemon and Parmesan vinaigrette! Tasted and tested by my Grades 1-3 Home Economics class - kid approved!
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 cup dry Barilla Gluten Free pasta (I recommend rotini), cooked in boiling salted water and drained
    ¼ large red onion, finely chopped
    ½ large seedless cucumber, finely chopped
    ½ large red bell pepper, diced
    1 stalk celery, diced
    1 large carrot, cut into ribbons with a peeler
    2 cups chopped broccoli florets
    1 (19-oz) can no-salt-added chickpeas
    ¼ cup packed fresh basil
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    Lemon-Parmesan Vinaigrette:
    2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
    1 tsp lemon zest
    1 tbsp white wine vinegar
    pinch black pepper
    ¼ tsp paprika
    ½ tbsp sugar
    ¼ cup finely grated Parmesan
    3 tbsp olive oil

Directions

Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the vinaigrette and fold in with a large spoon.
Store, covered, in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
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Vinaigrette:
Whisk all ingredients except for oil until well combined.
Slowly drizzle in the oil, whisking constantly until the mixture is combined.

Serving Size: Serves 8 as a side, 4-6 as a main

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.