Pear & Pepper Pasta Salad

Name: Pear & Pepper Pasta Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 cup, 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups bow tie pasta (cooked); 1/4 cup diced yellow onion; 1 red bell pepper, diced; 1/2 cup carrot, matchsticks or shredded; 1 medium pear, peeled and diced; 1 (4 1/2 ounce) envelope Starkist tuna, Zesty Lemon Pepper; 1/2 cup lime juice; 1/2 cup oil (olive or sunflower); 1/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt

Submitted by RJ Hallstrom

"I made pasta and marinara sauce for my grandkids today, and had left-over pasta, so I decided to invent a pasta salad. I was a little worried about this one, but I think it turned out great! Very different than any pasta salad I have eaten before. Give it a try and let me know what you think!"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 1 cup
Serves:: 4

ingredients

Salad
2 cups bow tie pasta (cooked)
¹⁄₄ cup diced yellow onion
1 red bell pepper, diced
¹⁄₂ cup carrot, matchsticks or shredded
1 medium pear, peeled and diced
1 (4 1/2 ounce) envelope Starkist tuna, Zesty Lemon Pepper
Dressing
¹⁄₂ cup lime juice
¹⁄₂ cup oil (olive or sunflower)
¹⁄₄ cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
¹⁄₄ teaspoon garlic powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt

directions

Mix salad ingredients in a medium bowl.
Mix dressing ingredients together and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add dressing to salad and toss well.
Can serve immediately, but flavor will increase if you refrigerate for an hour or so, first.

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RJ Hallstrom

I grew up in a family of great cooks - my Mom, my aunts & great-aunts, my grandmothers - all were shining examples, not only of great cooks, but of wonderful women to learn from and emulate. As the oldest granddaughter on both sides of the family, I had a lot of opportunity to watch and learn, and I consider any cooking "talent" I have today to be a result of "on-the-job-training" received at my Mom's and grandmothers' sides. As the oldest of seven children, we have a large, extended family and lots of great potluck dinners. We get together for each person's birthday to cook and eat and visit (don't forget the cake & ice cream!) There are several dishes that my family asks me to make: King Ranch Chicken, Fruity Chicken Salad, Homemade Macaroni & Cheese. But the one I am most proud of is my original recipe for Cheesy Chicken Squash Chowder. I recently put together a 36-page book of our Family Recipes, as handed down through the generations. I really want to preserve our family's great cooking traditions for my kids and grandkids, and believe this book helps do that.

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