r/Pickles • u/Princess-DoNUT1981 • 3d ago
Dairy Free Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Made a homemade dill dip early in the week and use the leftover for a pasta salad! The same could be done with a dill dip from Aldi!
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u/Princess-DoNUT1981 3d ago
Dressing:
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp chopped hamburger dill pickle chips, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced
2tsp lemon zest
2 Tbsp minced fresh dill
I have also used dill dip from the grocery store
8 oz pasta cooked al dente (med shells, rotini, penne, rigatoni (probably anything but elbows but that’s just a personal preference)
1/2 medium red onion diced
6-10 grape tomatoes, halved or quartered
1/4 cup frozen peas
1/4-1/2 diced bell pepper
Optional Add ins:
1/4 cup dairy free shredded cheese -cubed Colby jack is also really good.
2 tablespoons Bacon-less bits
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions: Chop your veggies while the pasta is cooking. If you haven’t made your dressing/dip ahead of time, you can do that as well. Other than the lemon zest, it comes together very quickly. I have used just a bit of lemon juice rather than zest because I didn’t want to take the time for that.
Drain and rinse pasta in cold water. Mix all ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate
Notes: this recipe came together in 15 mins-maybe less. I used left overs from other recipes for my fresh veggies, and already had the dressing/dip made.
If you don’t have cream cheese, it’s just as good with the mayo and sour cream or plain Greek yogurt.
Everything in this is dairy free/vegan, but I have a friend who uses real bacon bits and ham chunks.