Mexican Pasta Salad

I used much more honey than called for, but I still hated the dressing. Made an avocado oil/lime juice dressing. Didn’t have cilantro, used one whole bunch of green onions rather than red. Do not use the dressing included in the recipe! Since I had the recipe dressing already made, I added a little to the avocado oil/lime juice dressing, and that seemed okay, so maybe add something creamy to the avocado oil dressing. No amounts of ingredients specified in recipe.

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Chef-tested and adoringly approved by potluck goers and hungry kiddos, this 35-minute Mexican Pasta Salad recipe is a zesty take on pasta salad. We love Mexican food around here so it was only a matter of time before we tried adding lime, cilantro, chili, black beans and corn to pasta salad.

Love Mexican Salads Too? Try our Mexican Corn Salad, Mexican Bean Salad and Mexican Coleslaw next!

subheading: Ingredients:

subheading: For the pasta salad dressing:

Greek yogurt: helps keep it low in cals but nice and creamy

Mayonnaise: For richness and to make the dressing creamy

Lime juice: sub in a vinegar of your choice if you don’t have it (just not balsamic)

Honey: helps balance the acidity of the dressing

Spices: Salt, Ground cumin, chili powder and smoked paprika

subheading: For the Salad you’ll need:

Bowtie pasta: Or another medium pasta shape like rotini or cavatapi

Black beans: 1 can, drained and rinsed

Fresh jalapeño pepper: minced. Remove seeds to make it less spicy

Corn: Fresh corn cut off the cob, frozen and thawed or canned and drained all work

Cherry tomatoes: cut in half

Cilantro: chopped (skip it if you don’t like cilantro)

Red onion: Finely diced, or you could use green onions

Directions at healthyseasonalrecipes.com

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