Penne Caprese Salad
Penne Caprese Salad is a cool pasta salad made with penne, grape tomato, and provolone.
Estimated per serving - calculated from USDA FoodData Central and will vary with your portions.
Cooling cooked pasta forms resistant starch that's a little gentler on blood sugar. Keep the portion to about a cup and let the tomatoes and greens add bulk.
Ingredients
- •1 cup cooked whole-wheat penne, cooled
- •1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- •1 oz provolone, cubed
- •1 handful salad greens
- •pinch of Italian seasoning
- •drizzle of olive oil
From your pantry: olive-oil.
Method
- 01
Toss the cooled penne with the tomatoes, provolone, and greens.
- 02
Dress with olive oil and Italian .
Dietitian’s notes
- →Cook the penne ahead and chill it - this comes together cold in minutes.
- →A little provolone and a squeeze of lemon or olive oil is all the dressing it needs.
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