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Recipe: Avocado and Salmon Pasta Salad
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5 min.
Cooking Time: 10 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 1/4 Lbs. shell macaroni
  • 1/3 Lbs. canned salmon, drained, picked over and flaked
  • 3/4 cup tomatoes\raw, chopped
  • 1 avocado, chopped
  • 1 red onion\raw, thinly sliced
  • 2 Tbs. black olives, chopped
  • 1/2 cup fat-free Italian dressing
  • 4 green lettuce leaf
Cooking Directions:
Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling water 8-10 minutes, or until al dente. Drain. Combine next 5 ingredients in a bowl. Combine pasta with salmon mixture. Add dressing and mix gently until well coated. Serve on lettuce leaves.
 
Per Serving: calories 249, fat 8.5g, calories from fat 31%, protein 13.4g, cholesterol 23.4mg, dietary fiber 3.4g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 249 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 13.4g Vegetable Exchanges 0.6
Carbohydrates 29.1g Fruit Exchanges 0.2
Dietary Fiber 3.4g Bread Exchanges 1.4
Sugar 5.5g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.0
Fat Total 8.5g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.0
Saturated Fat 1.8g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 1.3
Mono-unsaturated Fat 4.8g Fat Exchanges 1.5
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.9g
% Calories from Fat 31%    
Cholesterol 23.4mg
Sodium 572.4mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 55.5IU Calcium 110.7mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.8mg Copper 0.6mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.5mg Iron 2.2mg
Niacin (B3) 5.8mg Magnesium 48.1mg
Vitamin B6 0.6mg Manganese 0.4mg
Vitamin B12 1.9mcg Phosphorus 212.6mg
Vitamin C 10.7mg Potassium 551.1mg
Vitamin E 2.1IU Selenium 32.0mcg
Folate 49.1mcg Sodium 572.4mg
Pantothenic Acid 0.9mg Zinc 1.3mg