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Pasta Salad with White Beans

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Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 16-oz. package Fusilli pasta cooked as per package directions, OR Bow Tie
  • 1 cup white beans drained and rinsed or homemade
  • 4 plum tomatoes chopped, Roma
  • 1 small red bell pepper de-seeded, de-ribbed and cut into long, thin slices
  • 10 Kalamata olives OR black olives, pitted and halved
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • DO-AHEAD TIP: Cook pasta according to package directions; drain then rinse under cold water; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine salad ingredients (beans through parsley).
  • Add cooked pasta and toss lightly.
  • Prepare vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together next 4 ingredients (Dijon through garlic) then drizzle the olive oil in gradually at the end, until dressing has slightly thickened.
  • Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: A relish tray of carrots and celery sticks, grape tomatoes, cucumber spears, and sugar snap beans. VEGETARIAN: No changes necessary. KOSHER: No changes necessary. GLUTEN FREE: Use gluten-free pasta and make sure white beans, olives, Dijon mustard, and balsamic vinegar are gluten free. NUTRITION: Per Serving: 471 Calories; 15g Fat; 13g Protein; 70g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 173mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain (Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates. Points: 12
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