Pasta salad!

silviaaimeefit

I love pasta salad so I was trying to figure out how to make it more healthy.

So originally I was making white pasta with Southern fried chicken,
Chipotle sauce and sweetcorn.
As you can tell, this is a lot of calories 😱

So I tried wholegrain pasta with a low calorie ceasar dressing, spinach and spring onions..
No one told me what happens if you eat too much wholegrain pasta 😱 the fibre!
And I wasn't satisfied with the sauce

Does anyone have any nice and healthy pasta salad recipes! Or could recommend anything to add?

-thanks!

kimny72

Use chicken that wasn't fried. Use a lower cal sauce or salad dressing and use less of it. Load up on low cal veggies. Substitute shrimp or canned tuna or beans for the chicken. I'd bet more of the calories came from the other stuff, not the pasta

ETA: I kind of misread your post, so I wanted to add- I find it better to play with the amount of dressing rather than using low cal. I'll put a little on the salad when I make it, then a little more before I throw a serving in my bag to bring for lunch.

I like Barilla Protein Plus pasta, but it can be hard to find. I'll use frozen bagged mixed veggies, or fresh chopped peppers with cherry tomatoes. I usually use bottled vinaigrette or ranch dressing, but a half portion per serving.

aries68mc

I just use pasta and chopped veggies like broc, cauliflower, peppers, tomatoes. etc. and mix with a little low fat zesty italian dressing.

NSthingoldline

This is my recipe for a pasta salad I made for work lunches this week:

2 cup cooked, Gemelli Pasta
• 0.75 large (3.5"x3"diam= 186g), Pepper - Orange
• 0.50 cup, Medium Zucchini (Zoodles)
• 0.50 cup, Peas - Green, raw
• 0.50 cup chopped, Celery, raw
• 0.33 cucumber ((8 1/4", 300g), Raw
• 0.25 cup, chopped or diced, Broccoli, raw
• 1 -2.5" tomato small, Tomato on the Vine
Sauce: (blitz in blender, if too thick, add cashew milk or water)
• 50 grams, Avocado (Medium)
• 1 pinch, Pink Himalayan Sea Salt
• 1 tsp, ground, Black pepper
• 0.50 tsp, Dried Basil
• 0.25 tsp, Smoked Paprika
• 5 tbsp(s), Unsweetened Cashew Milk

Nutrition Facts

Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 206
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 3 g 5 %
Saturated Fat 0 g 2 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg 0 %
Sodium 32 mg 1 %
Potassium 332 mg 9 %
Total Carbohydrate 39 g 13 %
Dietary Fiber 4 g 18 %
Sugars 5 g
Protein 8 g 16 %
Vitamin A 10 %
Vitamin C 137 %
Calcium 9 %
Iron 14 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

Love_2_Hike

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