Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, creamy pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Creamy Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Creamy Pasta Salad is something which I have loved my entire life.
Creamy Pasta Salad "I love creating new and tasty foods, including this popular side-dish salad," Lori Menard writes from Omaha, Nebraska. "I make it often for my husband and me, especially during the summer months. If you add some cooked chicken breast, you can make this a meal for two." This pasta salad comes with a creamy dressing made with solely good-for-you ingredients like greek yogurt, lemon juice, dijon and broth. From backyard barbecues to summer dinners, pasta salad is a staple. There's just something about the taste of creamy, flavorful pasta mixed with finely diced veggies.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pasta Salad:
- Take Pasta Salad :
- Take 1/3 cup elbow pasta, uncooked
- Prepare 1/4 cup peas (I use frozen)
- Get 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
- Make ready 1 small chicken breast, grilled and diced
- Prepare 1 tbsp. freshly shredded white cheddar cheese
- Make ready Dressing :
- Take 1 tbsp. mayo
- Make ready 1 tbsp. sour cream
- Prepare 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- Prepare 1 tsp. honey
- Make ready To taste salt and pepper, garlic powder
Mix macaroni, onion, green, red, and yellow bell pepper, celery, and carrots into the dressing until thoroughly coated. Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside to cool completely. While the pasta cooks, prepare the dressing by whisking together Creamy Italian salad dressing and mayonnaise.
Instructions to make Creamy Pasta Salad:
- In a smalk bowl, whisk together the mayo, sour cream, apple cider vinegar, honey and salt and pepper and garlic powder to taste. Set this aside.
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions to al dente. In the last two minutes of cook time, stir in the peas.
- Drain the pasta and peas into a colander and rinse with cold water.
- In a large bowl, mix together the pasta, peas, shredded carrot, shredded cheese and diced chicken. Pour the dressing over the top and stir it in. Taste for any additional seasoning you'd like to add.
- You can eat this immediately or you can chill in the fridge until you're ready.
Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside to cool completely. While the pasta cooks, prepare the dressing by whisking together Creamy Italian salad dressing and mayonnaise. Add the pasta, shrimp, Parmesan, peas, peppers and fennel; toss to coat. Fold in the basil and dill. No picnic or summer party is complete without a delicious pasta salad, like this healthy version with radicchio and orecchiette.
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