Delicious pasta salad dish features cooked shrimp, fresh peas, and small shell pasta tossed in dressing prepared from sour cream, mayonnaise, fresh lemon juice, sea salt, and dill. Pasta salad recipe is completed
with the addition of chopped hard cooked egg, pickle relish, chopped green onion and celery. Best served after it has chilled for several hours.
Ingredients -
1 pound medium Shrimp, shelled, cleaned, cooked, chilled
2 cups Fresh Shelled Peas
3/4 cup Macaroni or Small Pasta Shells
1 cup Sour Cream
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Dill Weed
4 Hard Cooked Eggs, chopped
1/4 cup pickle Relish
2 tablespoons chopped Green Onion
1 cup sliced Celery
Preparation:
1. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp then crumble.
2. Combine the pasta, bacon and the rest of the ingredients, save the lettuce and toss to combine.
3. Serve the dressing over the salad and serve.
Pasta Salad Making Tips -
Low Fat Salad Dishes
Choose lean meats, poultry, fish and fat free dressings for the healthiest salads. Limit fruit intake and watch out for dressings that claim reduced fat and calories. They are not
always.
Pasta Salad Making Tips -
Salad Oil
Also known as vegetable oil, salad oil is usually made from corn, soybeans, peanuts or sunflowers. Yellowish in color, salad oil is generally pretty bland and does not add a great
deal of flavor on its own.
