Princeling's Summer Salad
photo by twissis
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
6 cups
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dill weed
- 1⁄4 cup dried onion flakes
- 1 (16 ounce) package tri-color spiral pasta, cooked drained, and cooled
- 1⁄2 cup fresh broccoli, blanched
- 1⁄4 cup sliced ripe olives, drained well
- 1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and cubed
- 1 (5 ounce) can tuna (flake it apart)
- 1 (4 ounce) jar bacon bits (DO NOT USE BAC-O's)
- 1 green pepper, chopped small
- 5 -6 grape tomatoes (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh peas (optional)
- salt
- pepper
directions
- Add dill weed and dried minced onion to the sour cream and set aside.
- Place cooled spiral noodles into a large bowl.
- Add brocoli, black olives, avocado cubes, tuna, bacon bits, green peppers, and whatever optional items you like.
- Toss well so that the add-in items are well distributed.
- Add the sour cream mixture, so that it is throughout the pasta mixture.
- Put the dish in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight so that the flavors meld well.
- Serrve. It makes a good complete meal for hot summer days.
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Reviews
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Made for Spring PAC 2013 - What I like most about pasta salads is they are flexible & easily allow for pers pref. What I liked most about this pasta salad is it is veggie-rich & uses sour cream vs mayo. Mayo is 80% fat (per internet sources). I used a 5% fat sour cream & did not feel at all deprived due to the goodness of the other salad ingredients (both flavor & texture). I did not have tri-color pasta, so I used a sml shell pasta & made the recipe exactly as written except for adding corn kernels left from another recipe. I think baby shrimp would also work well, but I would be liberal w/Old Bay Seasoning in that case. I am so glad I found Princelings recipe. Besides being downright good & satisfying as a main-meal w/just fruit, it is a sure-fire all-occasion crowd-pleaser for luncheon guests, pot-luck, picnics, patio parties, etc. Thx for sharing this recipe w/us.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Peachy326
Pelion, South Carolina