Spinach and Pasta Salad

We thought this salad from "Land O Lakes Taste of Summer" was great…fresh, light and with excellent taste.  I used Cara Cara oranges because it looked so good, so serving this with salmon made a pretty pink and green meal!  Don’t leave out the green onion in the dressing; it gives it just enough bite.                  

Spinach and Pasta Salad

  4        Ounces  Farfele (bowties) -- or cavatappi

                        Dressing

     ½    Cup  Sour Cream

     ¼    Cup  Orange Juice

  2        Tablespoons  Green Onions -- chopped

  1         Teaspoon  Sugar

  1         Teaspoon  Orange Peel -- grated

                        Salad

  3        Cups  Fresh Spinach -- torn, lightly packed

     ¼     Cup  Pine Nuts -- toasted (or any other nuts)

  6         Slices  Bacon -- crisply cooked, crumbled

  1         Medium  Orange -- pared and sectioned

Cook pasta, rinse with cold water, drain.

Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a small bowl or measuring cup.

In a medium large bowl, combine all salad ingredients and 1/2 cup dressing; toss to coat.

6 Servings

$4.05 or 68¢ per serving

Per Serving: 132 Calories; 10g Fat (66.7% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 14mg Cholesterol; 124mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.