Avocado Pasta Salad |Video+Recipe| Vegan Salad

Portions: servings

Calories: 189kcal

This awesome avocado pasta salad is a no-mayo version of the classic pasta salad but with all the flavor of avocado to make it a lot lighter while not less flavorful. This macaroni salad with avocado is so creamy, so tasty, so amazing, you'll love it too.

By Clara Gonzalez - Last revised Oct 3, 2023. Published Aug 16, 2012.

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Pasta salad with avocado.

Why I ❤️ it

This avocado pasta salad recipe has nothing to envy the traditional macaroni salad with mayo. This summer avocado pasta salad has the same creamy texture as the original but with the delicious flavor provided by the avocado and a touch of lime juice and healthy pasta salad ingredients that you may already have at home.

This easy avocado and pasta recipe also makes a great light main or filling side dish. It is perfect for vegetarians, vegans… or anyone who loves avocados, which should be everyone.

Avocado pasta salad recipe

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This awesome, creamy Pasta and Avocado Salad is a classic reinvented, with all the flavor of avocado to make it a lot lighter.

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Inspiration: Latino

Category: avocado pasta salad, avocado pasta salad recipe, pasta salad avocado, pasta salad recipe with avocado

Author: Clara Gonzalez

Prep Time1 15

Cook Time5

Total Time1 20

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Ingredients

½ pound [0.2 kg] short pasta of your choice
2 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
1 tablespoon olive oil (optional).
½ cup green beans, blanched or from a can, cut into small pieces
½ cup peas, blanched or from a can
1 carrot, peeled, boiled, and cut into small cubes
¼ cup sweet corn, boiled
1 large, ripe avocado
Juice of 1 lime (or lemon juice)
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
¼ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

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Preparation

Before you start, make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: Cook pasta

Boil the pasta in salted water following the instructions in the package.

Drain water and place pasta in a large mixing bowl.

Step 2: Combining ingredients

Toss the pasta with green beans, peas, carrot, and corn. Chill for an hour.

Step 3: Seasoning and serving

Peel the avocado and cut into cubes. Mix with the pasta. Stir in the lime juice, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Stir in cilantro and serve

Top tips

This is best served immediately and at room temperature.
If you want to store it, leave the avocado out (you can season it beforehand) and add it right before serving.
You can add one-quarter of a minced red onion to the salad if you want.
Use whole wheat pasta or gluten-free pasta to adapt to your preferred diet.
You can also use penne or rotini pasta instead of macaroni.
If you do not like cilantro, use fresh basil or parsley, or experiment with any of your favorite fresh herbs.
If you are vegan, make sure the pasta you buy is egg-free (elbow macaroni, penne, or similar).

Serving suggestions

This salad is great to serve with your grilled meal, I love it with pork chops, turkey chops, pork escalopes, roasted brined chicken, and these air frier chicken drumsticks.

Variations

To make pasta salad with avocado and chicken: Shred a roasted chicken breast (supermarket rotisserie works great) and add it to the mix.

How to make pasta salad with avocado and tuna: Open a can of tuna in water, drain the water, crumble the tuna, and mix it with the salad.

If you want a creamier salad or don't want chunks of avocado, you can also prepare and add some avocado mayo or avocado with sour cream sauce to use as creamy avocado dressing.

Nutritional information

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FAQs

How do you keep avocado from browning in pasta salad?

The best way to keep avocado from browning is to peel, chop, and add the avocado right before serving. The lime, lemon, or vinegar in the salad also help keeping the avocado from oxidizing. Covering the salad with a plastic film, touching the salad without leaving air pockets between the salad and the film delays browning too.

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Avocado Pasta Salad |Video+Recipe| Pasta Salad with Avocado

Ingredients

½ pound short pasta of your choice
2 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
1 tablespoon olive oil (optional).
½ cup green beans blanched and cut into small pieces
½ cup peas blanched
1 carrot peeled, boiled and cut into small cubes
¼ cup sweet corn boiled
1 ripe avocado (large)
Juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon cilantro chopped (optional)
¼ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)

Instructions

Boiling pasta

Cook the pasta in salted water following the instructions in the package.
Drain water and place pasta in a large mixing bowl.

Combining ingredients

Combine pasta with green beans, peas, carrot and corn to the pasta. Chill for an hour.
Peel the avocado and cut into cubes. Mix with the pasta.

Seasoning

Stir in the lime juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Stir in cilantro.

Serving

This is best serve immediately and at room temperature.
If you want to store it, leave the avocado out (you can season it beforehand) and add the avocado right before serving.

Notes

To make pasta salad with avocado and chicken

Shred a roasted chicken breast (supermarket rotisserie works great) and add it to the mix.

How to make pasta salad with avocado and tuna

Open a can of tuna in water and drain the water, crumble the tuna and mix with the salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 189kcal

By Clara Gonzalez, published Aug 16, 2012 on Tia Clara

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