Quick and easy pasta salad

Name: Quick and easy pasta salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Italian, European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 large carrots; 1 small Red onion; 1 cup artichoke heart chopped; 0.5 cup dried tomatoes chopped; 0.25 cup chopped green olives; 0.5 Red Bell pepper diced; 1 cup spinach; 1 cup Kidney beans; 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast; 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning; 1 pound farfalle pasta; Salt; Black pepper; 0.25 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 cup lemon juice

4 steps

Prep:10minCook:10min

This is a quick pasta salad that I make when working from home with whatever I have on hand. For example, sometime I use white beans or chickpeas instead of kidney beans. If I feel I have feta cheese on hand, I'll toss that in too.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:09:54 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories693.2 kcal (35%)

Total Fat4 g (6%)

Carbs134.7 g (52%)

Sugars12.9 g (14%)

Protein29.5 g (59%)

Sodium430.4 mg (22%)

Fiber16.3 g (58%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 cupartichoke heart

chopped

½ cupdried tomatoes

chopped

¼ cupgreen olives

chopped

0.5Red Bell pepper

diced

1 cupspinach

1 cupkidney beans

1 tablespoonnutritional yeast

1 tablespoonitalian seasoning

1 poundfarfalle pasta

salt

black pepper

¼ teaspoongarlic powder

¼ cuplemon juice

Instructions

Step 1

Boil the pasta, dried tomatoes, and carrots until the pasta is Al dented.

Step 2

Meanwhile, make the dressing: add the lemon juice, nutritional yeast, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper to a large bowl and mix

Step 3

Next, chop and add the remaining ingredients to the larg bowl and toss.

Step 4

Once the pasta is done, drain and add to the large bowl and toss.