A Make-Your-Own Hybrid Pasta Salad
Recipe: #30071
July 31, 2018
"THE RECIPE HISTORY - I found a recipe at the avocadosfrommexicodotcom website that I saw as a great start for a better recipe & I knew I would need to adapt it for ingredients available here & our taste preferences. 1 of my issues was w/the vinaigrette part of the recipe, so I searched for & found another I esp liked at allrecipesdotcom. Then I combined both "pieces" w/my own needs & preferences. This hybrid recipe is the result & you may take the liberty of making it your own as I will do as shown w/the ingredients. I also added the walnuts (or pine nuts) for extra texture. No cook time is shown as the pasta is pre-cooked, but I have allowed generous time to prep the ingredients & vinaigrette. ENJOY!"
Ingredients
- FOR PASTA SALAD
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- FOR HONEY-LIME VINAIGRETTE
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (148.7 g)
- Calories 388.5
- Total Fat - 22.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3 g
- Cholesterol - 11.6 mg
- Sodium - 339.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 41.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.6 g
- Sugars - 6.4 g
- Protein - 11.2 g
- Calcium - 35.5 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 29.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a lrg bowl, add the elbow macaroni, olives, tomato, cheese of choice, avocado & nuts of choice. Set aside.
Step 2
Blend lime juice, honey, sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt, black pepper & cumin in a blender. Stream olive oil & canola oil into the juice mixture while blending to emulsify the oil into the juice.
Step 3
Pour the vinaigrette over the salad ingredients, mix gently but well & serve.
Step 4
NOTES FROM ME: We all have our ways to do things. I will use my hand-held stick-blender w/a wide-mouth jar to prepare the vinaigrette, add it to the salad ingredients in increments so the salad does not become "over-dressed" & then allow a chill time in the fridge for the flavors to develop. If you feel the need to add protein, then shrimp would be excellent. (Avocado, olives & tomato are all fruits, btw)
Tips
- Standard kitchen blender or hand-held stick blender.