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{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} Black-Eyed Pea Pasta Salad Recipe

 

Black-Eyed Pea Pasta Salad Recipe



Grilling out? You may want to serve this refreshing, make-ahead salad at the barbecue. A creamy Italian dressing enhances the chopped vegetables, cheese and pasta. —Joan Huggins, Waynesboro, Mississippi

This recipe is:

Contest Winning

Quick





    Prep: 30 min. + chilling
    Yield: 8 Servings


Ingredients


    1 jar (7-1/2 ounces) marinated quartered artichoke hearts
    1 cup uncooked tricolor spiral pasta
    1 can (15-1/2 ounces) black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
    4 slices provolone cheese, cut into thin strips
    1/2 cup chopped green pepper
    1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
    1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
    1/2 cup sliced pepperoni, cut into thin strips
    1/2 cup mayonnaise
    1/4 cup prepared Italian salad dressing


Directions

    Drain artichokes, reserving 1/4 cup liquid; chop and set aside. Cook pasta according to package directions.
    Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine the artichokes, peas, cheese, peppers, onion and pepperoni. Drain pasta; add to artichoke mixture.
    In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, salad dressing and reserved artichoke liquid. Pour over pasta mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 339 calories, 24 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 625 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 9 g protein.


Originally published as Black-Eyed Pea Pasta Salad in Country June/July 2009, p49




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