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Try An Original Shells & Cheese Today! 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." Classic Creamy Pasta Salad. From backyard barbecues to summer dinners, pasta salad is a staple.
Creamy Pasta Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Pasta Salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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 :
- Make ready 1/3 cup elbow pasta, uncooked
- Make ready 1/4 cup peas (I use frozen)
- Take 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
- Make ready 1 small chicken breast, grilled and diced
- Prepare 1 tbsp. freshly shredded white cheddar cheese
- Prepare Dressing :
- Make ready 1 tbsp. mayo
- Get 1 tbsp. sour cream
- Take 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- Prepare 1 tsp. honey
- Take To taste salt and pepper, garlic powder
This creamy pasta salad recipe with peas, ham and mushrooms is lower in calories and fat compared to a classic pasta salad. Using whole-wheat pasta and loading it with plenty of vegetables makes it as nutritious as it is delicious. If you have fresh-shelled peas on hand, use those instead of frozen peas. Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package instructions.
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.
If you have fresh-shelled peas on hand, use those instead of frozen peas. 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. Whisk mayonnaise, sour cream, and evaporated milk in a large salad bowl until dressing is smooth and creamy; stir in seasoning mix until well blended.
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