Pasta Salad with Crab and Shrimp

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons salt
• 3/4 pound penne fusilli or tubetti
• 1 1/2 pounds asparagus tough ends trimmed and spears cut into pieces
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 pinch freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 pound lump crabmeat fresh, picked over for shell fragments
• 1/4 pound shrimp cooked small
• 2 teaspoons fresh tarragon finely chopped
• 1 head red-leaf lettuce or green-, torn into bite-size pieces

Nutrition

• Calories : 580 calories
• Carbohydrate : 77 grams
• Cholesterol : 65 milligrams
• Fat : 19 grams
• Fiber : 7 grams
• Protein : 26 grams
• SaturatedFat : 2.5 grams
• Sodium : 3750 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams