Vegetarian Pasta Salad Recipe ✓ Summer Minestrone Salad

This versatile dish can be featured as a starter, a side or an entrée! It's delicious served warm or cold, making it the perfect summer recipe using the minestrone soup mix you have in your pantry.

Ingredients

• 1 package Bear Creek® Minestrone Soup Mix
• 5 cups water
• 2 cups Green Giant® Whole Kernel Sweet Corn
• 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 3 medium (4-1/8" long)s chopped green onions
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Cooking Directions

1. Bring water to a boil. Stir in soup mix and simmer 11 minutes; remove from heat (vegetables and pasta will still be firm).
2. Stir in corn, chickpeas, and vinegar. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients.
4. Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled.

Nutrition Facts

• calories202.5
• carbohydrateContent39.5 g
• fatContent1.3 g
• fiberContent6.4 g
• proteinContent7.6 g
• saturatedFatContent0.1 g
• sodiumContent1194.6 mg
• sugarContent5.6 g