Pasta, White Beans, and Tuna

Salad: 12 ounces canned white meat tuna -- drained and flaked

3 cups cooked -- sliced, fresh asparagus

1 1/2 cups canned white beans -- (navy or cannellini),

drained and rinsed 8 large black olives -- pitted and sliced

1/2 cup diced roasted red pepper

6 cups cooked corkscrew pasta

Dressing: 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons minced red onion

Fresh ground pepper and salt -- to taste

Combine all ingredients for the salad. Whisk together all dressing ingredients. Pour the dressing over the salad and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

Exchanges: Starch Exchange -- 3&1/2 Very Lean Meat Exchange -- 2 Vegetable Exchange -- 1 Monounsaturated Fat Exchange -- 1/2 Calories -- 405 Calories from Fat -- 65 Total Fat -- 7g Saturated Fat -- 1g Cholesterol -- 17mg Sodium -- 429mg Carbohydrate -- 58g Dietary Fiber -- 7g Sugars -- 6g Protein -- 28g

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From the recipe collection of Barb @ P K

Description: "Recipe for Wednesday, 7/21/99" Source: "Flavorful Seasons Cookbook" Copyright: "Published October 1996"