Pesto Pasta (or Rice) Salad (Crohn's Safe)

Name: Pesto Pasta (or Rice) Salad (Crohn's Safe)
Ingredients: 2 cups dry pasta spirals or suitable shapes (if using rice, use 1 cup dry rice); 24 small cherry tomatoes, cut in halves; 20 black olives (pitted); 1 cup snow peas; 8 ounces lean lunch-meat slices; or skinless cooked chicken, cubed; or tuna chunks; 2 cups mixed green leaves; 1 cup walnut pesto* or a commercial pesto *WALNUT PESTO: 1/4 cup shelled walnuts; 1 cup packed basil leaves; 2 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup parmesan cheese; 1/4 cup canola oil

Pesto Pasta (or Rice) Salad (Crohn's Safe) was pinched from <a href="http://www.crohnsandme.com/diet-and-nutrition/crohns-disease-diet-recipes.aspx" target="_blank">www.crohnsandme.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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2 cups dry pasta spirals or suitable shapes (if using rice, use 1 cup dry rice)

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24 small cherry tomatoes, cut in halves

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20 black olives (pitted)

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1 cup snow peas

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8 ounces lean lunch-meat slices; or skinless cooked chicken, cubed; or tuna chunks

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2 cups mixed green leaves

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1 cup walnut pesto* or a commercial pesto *WALNUT PESTO: 1/4 cup shelled walnuts

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1 cup packed basil leaves

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2 cloves garlic

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1/4 cup parmesan cheese

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1/4 cup canola oil

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