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Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad (7 PTS)

Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

10   Bow tie pasta - (280g)
2   Olive oil
8   Asparagus - (225g) tough ends
  Trimmed
1   Yellow pepper - seeded, deveined
  And cut into 2-inch (5 cm) pieces
1/4 cup 59mlWhite-wine vinegar
1   Sugar
1   Garlic - minced
1   Plus 1 tsp blue cheese - crumbled
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozCherry tomatoes - halved
1   Any chopped fresh herb such as parsley - basil or chives
  (optional)
  Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe Instructions

1. Cook pasta according to package instructions; drain and toss with olive

oil.

2. Lightly coat asparagus and peppers with cooking spray. Grill over

medium-hot coals until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes depending on size. Flip

peppers once during cooking. Turn asparagus occasionally so it cooks evenly

on all sides. Remove vegetables from grill and let cool. Cut into bite-size

pieces.

3. Combine vinegar, sugar, garlic and cheese in a small bowl. Toss together

with pasta, grilled vegetables, tomatoes and herbs. Season with salt and

pepper to taste. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

Nutritional profile per serving: Calories 341.5, Protein 12g, Total fat 5g,

Saturated fat 1g, Carbohydrate 60.5g, Fiber 3g, Cholesterol 2.5mg, Iron 3mg,

Sodium 63.5mg, Calcium 36.9mg

Shared by: Patty McDuffy, Pattys diet recipes

MC Formatted by Mary [[email protected]]

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