photo courtesy of ourbestbites.com
Southwest Pasta SaladOh, the dreaded salad assignment! It seems so boring when you are asked to bring a salad to a dinner. I was dying to mix it up and so searched on ourbestbites.com and found this gem. YUM!
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. cooked bowtie pasta (I used whatever I had on hand which was whole wheat Rotini)
1 14oz. can black beans rinsed and drained
2 roma tomatoes diced
1 large pepper of any color, diced
1/2 C sliced green onions
1/2 C frozen corn (no need to thaw)
Zest from two limes
optional: add chicken
1/2 C cheese Queso fresco or Cotija cheese (found in the mexican cheese section) or pepperjack cubed
Dressing:
6 T fresh lime juice (about 3 juicy limes)
1/4 C rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
4-5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 1/2 t chili powder
1 t cumin
1/2 t coriander
1/2 t salt
2 t sugar
3/4 C canola oil or EVOO
1/2 C roughly chopped cilantro
1 comments:
This sounds so much better than any other pasta salad I have ever seen. I am definitely keeping this one :-)
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