AVOCADO PASTA SALAD

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The richness of the avocado makes this dish taste amazing. Feel free to add more or less olive oil for your preferred consistency. For best results refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Enjoy and feel guilt-free (unless you eat the whole bowl, which might just happen). It is easy to tweak this recipe to anything you like; add cooked chicken, or stir in some tuna, add some more veggies, or take some out that you don't like or have on hand.

Provided by SuzFleeg

Categories Salad 100+ Pasta Salad Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 18

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Ingredients

½ (12 ounce) package corkscrew-shaped pasta
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1 cup diced apple
½ cup sliced carrot
½ cup diced celery
½ cup peas
½ cup diced red bell pepper
½ cup sliced black olives
¼ cup diced red onion
2 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed
⅓ cup olive oil
2 limes, juiced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
2 sprigs fresh parsley, or more as needed

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook corkscrew-shaped pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain and cool.
Mix pasta, tomatoes, apple, carrot, celery, peas, red bell pepper, black olives, and red onion together in a large bowl.
Whisk avocado, olive oil, lime juice, dill, salt, black pepper, and garlic powder together in a separate bowl until smooth; stir into pasta salad to coat; garnish with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 323.2 calories, Carbohydrate 40.8 g, Cholesterol 1.8 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 8.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 353.7 mg, Sugar 4.5 g