"Healthified" Turkey-Pasta Salad
Recipe from Betty Crocker

Eatbetteramerica.com shares a recipe! Smart substitutions brought down the fat and calories - broccoli adds more nutrients. It has 75% less fat, 46% fewer calories, and 46% more vitamin A than the original recipe.

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Healthified Turkey-Pasta Salad

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Servings: 10 servings (1 cup each)
Prep Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

 
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Ingredients
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    Salad
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  • box (14.5 oz) uncooked multigrain or whole grain rotini or rotelle pasta
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  • 3 cups
    small fresh broccoli florets
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  • 1 1/2 cups
    cubed cooked turkey breast (1/2 lb)
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  • 1/2 cup
    dried cherries
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  • small onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
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  • medium stalk celery, chopped (1/2 cup)
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  • 1/2 cup
    unblanched whole almonds, toasted*
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    Dressing
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  • 1 1/2 cups
    Yoplait® Fat Free plain yogurt (from 2-lb container)
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  • 1/2 cup
    reduced-fat mayonnaise
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  • 2 tablespoons
    Dijon mustard
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  • 1 tablespoon
    champagne vinegar, white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
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  • 1/4  cup
    powdered sugar
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  • 1 teaspoon
    salt
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    pepper
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    poppy seed
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Directions
1.
Cook pasta as directed on package omitting salt and adding broccoli for last 2 minutes of cooking; drain. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain.
2.
In large bowl, mix pasta, broccoli and all remaining salad ingredients except almonds.
3.
In medium bowl, beat dressing ingredients with wire whisk until smooth. Add to pasta mixture; toss to mix well. Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours to blend flavors. Before serving, stir in almonds.

*NOTE:
To toast almonds, heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread almonds in ungreased shallow pan. Bake uncovered 6 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown.

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Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 340 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 1.5g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 470mg; Total Carbohydrate 44g (Dietary Fiber 5g, Sugars 12g); Protein 19g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 30%; Calcium 10%; Iron 15%. Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 3. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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