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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pasta Salad:
- Make ready Pasta Salad :
- Prepare 1/3 cup elbow pasta, uncooked
- Get 1/4 cup peas (I use frozen)
- Prepare 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
- Prepare 1 small chicken breast, grilled and diced
- Take 1 tbsp. freshly shredded white cheddar cheese
- Prepare Dressing :
- Prepare 1 tbsp. mayo
- Take 1 tbsp. sour cream
- Get 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- Make ready 1 tsp. honey
- Prepare To taste salt and pepper, garlic powder
We use a combination of mayonnaise, Greek yogurt or avocado to create a creamy dressing for these pasta salads. Recipes like Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad and Macaroni Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing are delicious, bold and a great side dish. It's thick and smooth and full of flavor. Mixed with cooked elbow macaroni , it's also combined with diced red onion, celery, and red bell pepper.
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.
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. Mix macaroni, onion, green, red, and yellow bell pepper, celery, and carrots into the dressing until thoroughly coated. For a healthier creamy pasta salad, try swapping the mayonnaise for low-fat mayo and some or all of the sour cream called for in the recipe with yogurt. The dressing will be a bit tangy, due to the yogurt, but will still taste great. Turn this into an Italian pasta saladby adding a handful of chopped ham or salami and some cubed cheese.
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