Ingredients
- 12 oz short cut pasta (rotini, fusilli, or penne), cooked and cooled
- 1 1/2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 1/2 cups cooked black beans (from 1 14-oz can)
- 1–2 avocados, pitted and diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- Cilantro Lime Dressing
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the pasta, tomatoes, pepper, black beans, avocado, and cilantro.
- Add the cilantro lime dressing and toss to coat.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
If serving immediately, pour all of the dressing over the salad. If not, reserve about 1/2 cup for tossing in right before serving. Because pasta absorbs the dressing so quickly, saving some dressing to add right before serving helps ensure that the salad is moist and flavourful.
This salad keeps in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days. As time goes on, the avocado will turn brown, so you might want to pick it out and add fresh avocado when you serve leftovers.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Tex-Mex
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6th of recipe
- Calories: 487
- Sugar: 7.5 g
- Sodium: 472.6 mg
- Fat: 26.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 56.1 g
- Fiber: 10.2 g
- Protein: 13.9 g