Recipes

Ranch Spinach Pasta Salad

Seasoning 

• Cooking Time: 10 minutes
• Servings: 4 to 5
• Preparation Time: 15 minutes
• 7 oz. Vegetable spiral pasta
• 1 tsp. Cajun spice~
• ½ cup Greek yogurt*
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
• 2 cups baby spinach
• ½ cup chopped bell pepper; green, yellow, red or orange
• ¾ cup grape tomatoes, halved
• ½ cup julienne cut carrots; matchstick cut
• ½ cup cucumber, diced
• ½ package Al Fresco Chicken Sausage Apple and Real Vermont Maple Syrup (2 links, remove casing)

Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.

In a medium bowl; mix seasonings, yogurt, basil and lemon juice. In a large bowl mix in pasta, sausage and other remaining ingredients; stir in prepared dressing until well coated; serve.

~substitute 1 tbsp. Lemon herb

*substitute ½ cup sour cream

I got the idea for this recipe from the Suddenly Pasta Salad. The box already has pasta and a seasoning pack. You just cook the pasta and the packet and usually 1/2 to 1 cup mayo. But I don't like to cook from a box if I can help it. So I made my own from scratch. The dressing not a packet but real ingredients. Cajun spice, Greek yogurt and lemon juice for the dressing. I even added chicken sausage. Making it a meal and not just a pasta salad.

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