Use Ronzoni® Healthy Harvest® pasta which has 30g of whole grain per serving and is an excellent source of fiber.
Florentine Pasta Salad
Refrigerated pesto sauce becomes a handy dressing for the linguine.
Servings: Makes 4 side-dish servings.
Total: 25 mins
Rated:
Ingredients
2 ounces packaged dried linguine or fettuccine
1/2 cup purchased refrigerated pesto sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup shredded fresh spinach
1/2 cup coarsely chopped, seeded tomato
1 small red onion, thinly sliced (1/3 cup)
2 tablespoons pine nuts or slivered almonds, toasted
Directions
1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta; rinse with cold water. Drain again.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine pesto sauce and lemon juice. Add pasta; toss to coat.
3. Add spinach, tomato, and red onion to pasta mixture; toss until mixed. Sprinkle with nuts. Serve immediately. Makes 4 side-dish servings.
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