Southwest Pasta Salad

What's the secret to this delicious pasta salad? Using jarred salsa in the dressing makes it flavorful and simple to prepare. From eatbetteramerica.

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PREP TIME
20 Min
TOTAL TIME
2 Hr 20 Min
SERVINGS
8

2: cups uncooked rotini pasta (8 oz)

1: cup Cascadian Farm® frozen organic sweet corn

1: jar (16 oz) Muir Glen® organic medium garlic cilantro salsa

1/4: cup olive oil

3: tablespoons lime juice

1/2: teaspoon coarse salt (kosher or sea salt)

1/4: cup chopped fresh cilantro

1: medium green or red bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)

1: can (15 oz) black beans, drained, rinsed

1: can (2.25 oz) sliced ripe olives, drained

1 Cook pasta as directed on box, adding corn during last 2 minutes of cook time. Drain; rinse with cold water.
2 In large bowl, stir together salsa, olive oil, lime juice and salt. Stir in pasta and remaining ingredients.
3 Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

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Expert Tips

Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats from olives may help lower blood cholesterol. But fats are high in calories so keep portions small.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

Calories 290

(Calories from Fat 80),

Total Fat 9g

(Saturated Fat 1g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 0mg;
Sodium 580mg;
Total Carbohydrate 44g

(Dietary Fiber 6g,
Sugars 5g),

Protein 9g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 20 %;
Vitamin C 80 %;
Calcium 4 %;
Iron 15 %;

Exchanges:

2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
1 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
1/2 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 10/5/2009 3:23:16 PM REPORT ABUSE PeggyR said:

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This is delicious, but it has so many calories. How can those calories be reduced.

Posted 7/6/2009 1:42:02 PM REPORT ABUSE dotshe said:

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this was a tasty dish although i did make soe additions... i added extra salt clilantro......and als added soe fresh jalapeno peppers, red onion and fresh diced tomatoes with those additions made it really tasty was a hit for the 4th of july cook out thanks

Posted 2/16/2009 10:49:13 AM REPORT ABUSE eba Trish said:

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I served this for a family gathering and it did not get rave reviews; there was something missing in the flavor.

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