Taste-of-the-Southwest Pasta Salad | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon salsa
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16-ounce) package spiral pasta or cavatappi pasta, uncooked
• 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
• 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 (2.25-ounce) cans sliced ripe olives, drained
• 1 small green pepper, finely chopped
• 1 small sweet red pepper, finely chopped
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped, divided
• 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and sliced