Pasta Salad for a Healthy Summer Meal
Love pasta salads? Our summer pasta salad recipe with cilantro sauce is a must-try! Packed with veggies and full of flavor.
Servings: 10 Servings
Calories: 156kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Pasta
Sweet Corn
- 2 Ears Sweet Corn About 2 Cups
- 1 teaspoon Olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Garlic powder
Veggies and Chicken
- ½ Onion
- ½ Cup Sweet Pepper
- 1 ½ Cups Cucumber
- 8 Ounces Chicken breast
Cilantro Sauce
- 1 Cup Sour Cream
- 2 Cups Cilantro (can use Parsley)
- 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 Lime
Instructions
- Cook the Pasta for the amount of time according to the directions. Add one Tablespoon salt to the boiling water before adding the pasta.
Saute or Grill the sweet corn
- Cut the corn off the cob or use frozen corn. Heat the olive oil and add the corn, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Saute until the corn starts to turn golden about 3 to 5 minutes.2 Ears Sweet Corn
Veggies and Chicken
- Chop the onion½ Onion
- Chop the sweet pepper½ Cup Sweet Pepper
- Chop the cucumber
- Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces
- In a bowl Toss together the pasta, corn, onion, sweet pepper, cucumbers, chicken, and serrano peppers if using.1 ½ Cups Cucumber
Cilantro sauce
- In a food processor add the cilantro, sour cream, salt, red wine vinegar, and line juice. For some extra spice, we added 2 Thai peppers. Blend the sauce until it is smooth about 3 mintues1 Cup Sour Cream, 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar, 2 teaspoons Salt, 1 Lime
- Pour the cilantro sauce over the pasta veggie mixture.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 747mg | Potassium: 264mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 333IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg