Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad
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4.9
Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad
Description
The Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad brings together rotini pasta cooked with frozen peas and corn, tossed with fresh baby spinach and halved baby tomatoes. The dressing combines ripe avocados, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper blended into a creamy, smooth texture that coats the salad without heaviness. The salad balances fresh, crisp vegetables with creamy and tangy notes. Preparation involves chilling the pasta and vegetables immediately after cooking to keep the salad cool and enhance the fresh flavors.
This salad works well as a side for grilled meats or as a vegetarian main dish suitable for picnics or potlucks. Its vibrant ingredients offer a pleasing variety of textures and subtle acidity from the lemon juice.
Ingredients
- 3 oz spinach 4 cups lightly packed, fresh baby
- 4 Tbsp lemon juice from 1 large lemon
- 1 garlic sliced, clove
- 3 avocado 2 for dressing, 1 for salad, medium
- 12 oz rotini pasta
- 1 cup peas half of a 10 oz bag of Bird's Eye, frozen, sweet
- 1 cup corn half of a 10 oz bag Bird's Eye, frozen
- 2 cups Baby tomatoes halved
- 1 tsp salt or to taste, sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions - I cooked 12 oz pasta in 4 Qts water with 1 Tbsp salt and boiled 10 min. About 4 min before pasta is done cooking, add frozen peas and corn and cook 4 min until veggies are crisp tender. Rinse under running cold water to chill pasta. Drain well and transfer to large mixing bowl.
- In a food processor or blender, combine half of the spinach, 2 quartered avocados, 4 Tbsp lemon juice, 1 sliced garlic clove, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Pulse until blended then add remaining spinach and blend until creamy and smooth.
- Add avocado dressing to pasta bowl along with sliced tomatoes and 1 remaining sliced avocado. Toss salad together until evenly coated. Season to taste with more salt and black pepper.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 433 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 433kcal | 22% |
| Carbs | 64g | |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 414mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 960mg | 20% |
| Fiber | 11g | 44% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 2075IU | 42% |
| Vitamin C | 36.5mg | 41% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2.4mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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