Black Eyed Pea & Kamut Elbow Pasta Salad

Serves: 10 | Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes
Black Eyed Pea & Kamut Elbow Pasta Salad

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces Eden Kamut Elbows, 1 pkg.
  • 45 ounces Eden Black Eyed Peas, (3 cans) rinsed, drained
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh organic tomatoes, diced
  • 1 cup organic sweet corn, fresh or frozen, blanched 2 minutes
  • 1 cup green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 cup red bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 cup red onion, minced
  • 3/4 cup green onion, finely chopped
  • 1 medium cucumber, score skin with a fork, quartered, sliced
Dressing

Directions

Cook pasta per package directions, rinse and drain. Place the pasta, tomatoes, corn, green and red peppers, green onion, red onion and cucumber in a medium-mixing bowl. To prepare the dressing, place all ingredients in a blender and pulse several seconds, or place in a sealed glass jar and shake vigorously to mix. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to mix. For the best flavor, chill 1 hour before serving or it can be serve at room temperature.

Note: For a spicy flavor, add a very small pinch of cayenne pepper to each individual serving and toss to mix.


Nutritional Information

Per serving - 352 calories, 10 g fat (24% calories from fat), 14 g protein, 56 g carbohydrate, 8 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 384 mg sodium


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