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This healthy recipe would be great for either lunch or dinner!

[[image:pasta_salad.jpg width="182" height="133"]] Rainbows and Butterflies Pasta Salad
**Ingredients**

==**Directions** ==  Cook the pasta as the label directs. [|Drain] and toss with 1 teaspoon olive oil to prevent sticking; let cool. In a large bowl, toss the cooled pasta with the corn, edamame, bell pepper and carrots. [|Drizzle] with the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and toss to coat. Add the parmesan and 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss again and season to taste. Photograph by Hallie Burton, Source: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/rainbows-and-butterflies-pasta-salad-recipe/index.html
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8 ounces bow tie [|pasta], preferably whole grain
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