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This Savory Mini Farfalle Pasta Quinoa Salsa Salad can be served warm or chilled and is great for bringing to a Summer BBQ, Potluck, or any gathering. You can find all your ingredients like Swanson Chicken Broth, truRoots Quinoa and Pace Medium Organic Salsa easily at Sam's Club. It uses only 1 pot for easy cleanup and a chicken broth reduction method to ensure that you get delicious, savory flavor in every bite!
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
This Savory Mini Farfalle Pasta Quinoa Salsa Salad was the main dish for our little family of 3 Father's Day celebration.
The salad was so satisfying and delicious that between my husband Eric and I we ate almost all of it and had a couple of servings leftover for lunch the next day.
I garnished it with cilantro flowers from my "humble" potted garden outside our kitchen.
I love garnishing with the cilantro flowers because they are like a more concentrated version of cilantro.
If you don't have cilantro flowers (Lol, I don't expect anyone to have those on hand unless you grow it!), parsley or regular cilantro would be lovely on top of this salad.
For those of you that follow my Instagram feed, you may have seen a tease picture of this Savory Mini Farfalle Pasta Quinoa Salsa Salad a few days ago.
I love the Mini Farfalle pasta (a.k.a. bow-tie shape) for a Summer BBQ/party salad.
The shape seems so festive and the mini size is great for that perfect bite 🙂
I included frozen peas with this salad but that can easily be substituted for frozen corn or something similar.
By all means, you can also use fresh peas or corn, if you have them.
I love using a mixed green blend of baby lettuce and/or kale and bonus points if the mixed greens have herbs in them because I love the extra flavor they give.
I always keep some kind of mixed greens on hand to incorporate into whatever I am making.
Swanson Chicken Broth ties this whole salad together with its unique blend of flavors.
The preparation for this salad begins with the pasta & frozen peas being cooked in the broth.
That same broth then cooks the truRoots Quinoa and it reduces until you have this lovely, tender quinoa which adds texture and excellent protein to the finished salad.
The hot cooked pasta and olive oil wilts the mixed greens while the quinoa is cooking.
All the ingredients interconnect in this way of cooking which makes for great flavor and easy cleanup!
I learned that truRoots is Certified USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified (Yay!), Gluten-Free, Ancient Grains, Whole Grain, and most of their items are Sprouted.
Pace Organic Medium Salsa which, by the way, is Certified USDA Organic, garnishes this salad and it can also be mixed throughout if you are sure the people eating it does not mind a little kick of spice to their pasta salad.
The red kidney beans complement the salsa very well!
If you don't have red kidney beans, I am sure whatever can of beans you have in your kitchen cabinet - for example, black beans, navy beans, or chickpeas - would go nicely.
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The flavors of the Swanson Chicken Broth and all the ingredients are in every bite from the time the salad is ready.
It tastes so good when you serve it warm right after making it and excellent after being chilled the next day too!
Eric and I loved this Savory Mini Farfalle Pasta Quinoa Salsa Salad and I know you will too!
What's your favorite Summer salad recipe?
This Savory Mini Farfalle Pasta Quinoa Salsa Salad can be served warm or chilled and is great for bringing to a Summer BBQ, Potluck, or any gathering. You can find all your ingredients like Swanson Chicken Broth, truRoots Quinoa, and Pace Medium Organic Salsa easily at Sam’s Club. It uses only 1 pot for easy cleanup and a chicken broth reduction method to ensure that you get delicious, savory flavor in every bite!
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Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
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Carolyn West says
I would definitely make a double batch so we could have it the next day as well. #client
Sara says
Thank you Carolyn! I am so glad you like it!