Summer Main Dish Pasta Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

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"A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die."

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Summer Main Dish Pasta Salad Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1 cup sliced zucchini
1 cup shredded or sliced carrots
1/2 cup red or green bell pepper strips
1/4 cup sliced red onion
2 cups flaked tuna
= (canned or from salad bar)
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp minced fresh basil
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
4 cups cooked small pasta shells

Recipe Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1 cup pasta, 1/2 cup vegetables, 1/2 cup tuna.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Starch, 2 Lean Meat, 1 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 385; Calories from Fat 77; Total Fat 9g; Saturated Fat 2g; Cholesterol 22mg; Sodium 280mg; Carbohydrate 48g; Dietary Fiber 4g; Sugars 6g; Protein 28g.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-18-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2001"

Servings: 4

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress
~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).

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This Summer Main Dish Pasta Salad Recipe may also be ideal for anyone following the Atkins diet, or seeking to reduce their carbohydrate intake for other reasons.