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Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad
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Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad

This Avocado Pasta Salad recipe is a healthy salad that is ideal food. It's a rich creamy avocado sauce with corn and tomatoes. So delicious and really simple to make!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Calories: 428
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ripe avocado peeled stone and chopped
  • 12 oz rotini pasta or other short cut pasta
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • fresh basil for serving
  • 1 cup frozen corn thawed
For the Dressing
  • ½ cup almond milk
  • 2 ripe avocados peeled and cored
  • 1 garlic clove
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup baby spinach
  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. In a large-pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package directions but reduce cooking time by two minutes pasta is al dente, drain well.
  2. You are able to thaw the frozen corn from the pasta cooking water in the past 3-4 minutes of cooking time.
  3. To make the avocado dressing, combine the avocados, spinach, almond milk, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic into a blender or food-processor. Season with pepper and salt.
  4. With the motor running, then add olive oil gradually till dressing is emulsified, creamy and smooth.
  5. In a large-bowl, toss the pasta with the dressing, tomatoes, avocados and corn.
  6. Garnish with fresh basil and serve immediately.