Name: Southwestern Pasta Salad
Ingredients: 1 pk Uncooked penne or; Mostaccioli pasta (16 oz); Creamy Southwestern Salad; Dressing; Lettuce leaves; 1 cn Black beans (15 ounces),; Rinsed and drained; 1 cn Whole kernel corn (8 3/4; Ounces), rinsed and drained; 1 Sweet red pepper, chopped; 3 Green onions, sliced; 1/4 c Chopped fresh cilantro; Fresh cilantro sprigs for; Garnish

A lamb is a meek creature. It hurts none, is hurt by all; it hangs not back, when it is led to the slaughter; it cries not when it is pierced; no greater emblem of patience to be found among irrational creatures. To this the prophet likens our Savior, when he said, “He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth,' Isaiah 53:7. How strange was His humility in entering into such a life!

Stephen Charnock

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy, Grains		Salad, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Uncooked penne or
		Mostaccioli pasta (16 oz)
		Creamy Southwestern Salad
		Dressing
		Lettuce leaves
1	cn	Black beans (15 ounces),
		Rinsed and drained
1	cn	Whole kernel corn (8 3/4
		Ounces), rinsed and drained
1		Sweet red pepper, chopped
3		Green onions, sliced
1/4	c	Chopped fresh cilantro
		Fresh cilantro sprigs for
		Garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package; drain. Rinse
with cold water and drain.
Combine the pasta with 1 3/4 cups of Creamy Southwestern Salad Dressing.
Toss gently.  Chill.
Spoon the pasta mixture onto a lettuce lined serving platter.  Top with
the black beans, corn, red pepper, green onions and chopped cilantro.
Garnish with cilantro sprigs, if desired.  Serve with the remaining cup of
dressing.
Makes 6 servings.
CREAMY SOUTHWESTERN SALAD DRESSING: 8 ounces nonfat sour cream (1 carton) 1
jar  mild thick and chunky salsa (16 ounces) 1/2 tsp ground cumin 2 cloves
garlic, minced
Combine all of the ingredients.  Chill.
Makes 2 3/4 cups
Per serving:  463 calories (5% from fat); 2.2 g fat (0 g saturated); 0 mg
cholesterol; 1026 mg sodium; 84.1 g carbohydrate; 4.8 g fiber;
18.8 g  protein.
[Nan Jacobs; Birmingham, Alabama]
[Shortcut Chefs; Southern Living; November 1994]
Posted by Fred Peters.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #196
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 13:38:36 -0500
From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)

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