Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
This recipe makes 4 servings
Nutritional Info |
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|---|---|
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 381 |
| pro | 16 g |
| total fat | 10 g |
| sat. fat | 2 g |
| carb | 56 g |
| fibre | 4 g |
| chol | 17 mg |
| sodium | 755 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 8 |
| iron | 14 |
| vit A | 15 |
| vit C | 97 |
| folate | 45 |
- Portion size: 4
This easy tasty pasta salad is loaded with calcium. Omit the banana peppers if your child is not a fan of hot food.
Ingredients
- 5 cups 5cupsrotini pasta
- 1 1sweet red peppersweet red peppers, diced
- 2 stalks 2stalkscelery, diced
- 1/2 cup 1/2cuplight sour cream
- 1/2 cup 1/2cuppickled pearl onions, chopped, or 2 green onions, chopped
- 1/3 cup 1/3cuplight mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup 1/4cupminced fresh dill, (or 1/2 tsp/2 mL dried dillweed)
- 2 tbsp 2tbsppickled hot banana pepperpickled hot banana peppers, chopped
- 1/4 tsp 1/4tsppepper
- 4 oz 4ozsmoked salmon, cut into thin strips
Preparation
In large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until tender, about 10 minutes. Add red pepper and celery; cook for 10 seconds. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup (50 mL) of the cooking liquid. Rinse under cold water; set aside in colander.
In large bowl, whisk together sour cream, onions, mayonnaise, dill, banana peppers and pepper. Add pasta mixture, reserved cooking liquid and half of the salmon; toss to coat. Top with remaining salmon.
Additional information :
Substitutions:
Replace the smoked salmon with 1 can (6 oz/170 g) tuna, drained and flaked; 1 can (7-1/3 oz/220 g) salmon, drained and flaked; or 4 oz (125 g) flaked smoked trout or mackerel. Taste and add salt, if desired.
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: September 2004
