Black Bean and Corn Pasta Salad with Lime Greek Yogurt Dressing
This healthy Black Bean and Corn Pasta Salad with Creamy Lime Dressing is a quick and easy protein-packed dish that's perfect for meal prep, parties or when you just prefer a meatless meal.
Ingredients
- 16 oz rotini pasta or any short noodle pasta
- 1 can (15 oz) black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 can (11 oz) corn drained
- 1 cup fresh spinach roughly chopped
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
For the Dressing:
- 1 cup full fat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 limes
Instructions
-
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook pasta according to package instructions. Once it's done, move to a strainer, rinse under cool water and drain.
-
In a large bowl, add all the dressing ingredients, including fresh-squeezed juice from two limes, and mix until smooth.
-
Add the drained pasta, black beans, corn, spinach and cilantro to the bowl with the dressing and stir until well combined. Taste and add more salt, pepper or extra lime juice to your liking.
-
You can serve immediately or chill for a couple hours first. Enjoy!
-
If you make this and have a quick second to scroll down and click the stars to rate it, I would greatly appreciate it! Those ratings help my little website so much. Thank you!