Spring Pasta Salad - High Desert Farmers Market

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole-wheat rotini, (6 ounces), or quinoa pasta
• ½ cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
• ⅓ cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp red-wine vinegar, or lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• ⅛ tsp salt
• Freshly ground pepper, to taste
• 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 cup diced yellow or red bell pepper, (1 small)
• 1 cup grated carrots, (2-4 carrots)
• ½ cup chopped scallions, (4 scallions)
• ½ cup chopped pitted Kalamata olives
• ⅓ cup slivered fresh basil