Sarah's Favorite Pasta Salad (hot or cold)
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 388.6
- Total Fat: 9.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 518.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 58.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 8.3 g
- Protein: 13.7 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Sarah's Favorite Pasta Salad (hot or cold) calories by ingredient
Introduction
This pasta salad is a complete meal and can be served hot or cold. For meat eaters you can skip the beans and add chicken - even roasted from the store works out fine This pasta salad is a complete meal and can be served hot or cold. For meat eaters you can skip the beans and add chicken - even roasted from the store works out fineNumber of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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1 Box Barilla Rotini cooked as per directions on box
2 cans of water packed artichokes, drained
1 bag (16 oz) Frozen French cut beans (defrosted for cold version or steamed until crisp for hot version)
1 bag (16oz) Frozen Mixed pepper strips defrosted
1 can chick peas
1 can black olives (sliced thin)
1 cup Carrots, shredded
1 cup Salad Dressing (I use Ken's lite Ceaser- it is 50 cal for 2 Tbls)
Directions
1) Cook pasta and drain
2) Steam green beans and peppers or if this will be served cold, just defrost
3) Slice back olives
4) shred carrots
5) mix pasta, green beans, peppers, chick peas, olives and carrots in a big bowl with salad dressing
6) add artichokes and mix gently
1 serving = 2 cups
Number of Servings: 8
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2) Steam green beans and peppers or if this will be served cold, just defrost
3) Slice back olives
4) shred carrots
5) mix pasta, green beans, peppers, chick peas, olives and carrots in a big bowl with salad dressing
6) add artichokes and mix gently
1 serving = 2 cups
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user .