Creamy tortellini and vegetable salad
9
Points®
Total Time
18 min
Prep
8 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
This tasty pasta salad is tossed with a super simple 3-ingredient homemade dressing instead of a store-bought one. We make this dish with frozen tortellini, but if you like you can use half of a 9-ounce package of fresh refrigerated tortellini. Cooking the sugar snaps briefly with the pasta gives them a crisp-tender bite. You can substitute 1/2 cup of chopped plum tomatoes for the cherry tomatoes, and shallots, scallions, or yellow onion for the red onion, if that’s what’s in your kitchen. Enjoy immediately or allow the veggies, pasta, and tangy dressing mingle for up to 24 hours in the refrigerator and serve chilled.
Ingredients
Frozen cheese tortellini without sauce
¼ pound(s)
Sugar snap peas
5 oz, frozen, thawed
Reduced calorie mayonnaise
1 Tbsp
Balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp, white variety
Grated Parmesan cheese
3 Tbsp
Cherry tomatoes
12 medium, cut in half
Red onion
2 Tbsp, chopped, finely chopped
Capers
1 Tbsp, rinsed and drained
Black pepper
⅛ tsp, freshly ground, or to taste