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From salads and snacks to breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, completing a full menu of healthy meals with a focus on taste should be smooth. You can continue to enjoy your favorite flavors and delight your taste buds with nutritious recipes that take advantage of potent ingredients you feel like eating.
Breakfast with fruit is a nutritious way to start the morning, and a pasta salad with a fresh twist can make lunches or dinner an enjoyable way to stay on track.
Bowls filled with grains, vegetables, and a favorite protein are all the rage, and this version with seafood is no exception when you’re in the mood for a combination of your favorite dishes.
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This pesto pasta salad features red lentil rotini, and Twisted Pesto Caesar chopped salad kits loaded with a fresh mix of crisp iceberg and green leaf lettuces, crunchy garlic brioche croutons, Parmesan cheese, and creamy pesto dressing. Add fresh grape tomatoes and toasted walnuts for a simple side dish or a leisurely lunch to prepare beforehand.
Pesto Pasta Salad
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 6
1 quart of cooked red lentil rotini
2 (9 1/2 ounce each) packages chopped salad
Fresh Express Twisted Pesto Caesar Chopped Salad Kits
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup halved grape tomatoes
1/2 cup roasted walnuts
Prepare red lentil rotini according to package directions; chill for 15 minutes.
Mix rotini and one sachet of dressing from the salad kits in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix well. Refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes or until rotini are cold.
In a large bowl, toss the lettuce from both salad kits with the remaining packet of salad dressing.
Add rotini and tomatoes; toss well. Sprinkle with the garlic brioche croutons, grated Parmesan cheese from the salad kits, and walnuts to focus on taste.
Substitution: Use red lentil rotini instead of traditional rotini.