Easy pasta salad
5
Points®
Total time: 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Our pasta salad is classic and streamlined—just a simple mostly-yogurt dressing for creaminess, bell pepper and onion for crunch, and chopped pickles for tangy bursts. It’s a great make-ahead option for a picnic or backyard cookout.
Ingredients
Uncooked macaroni
5 oz
Plain fat free Greek yogurt
0.333 cup(s)
Pickle juice
3 Tbsp
Light mayonnaise
2 Tbsp
Kosher salt
0.75 tsp
Black pepper
0.5 tsp
Red bell pepper(s)
0.5 medium
Yellow bell pepper(s)
0.5 medium
Uncooked sweet onion(s)
0.5 cup(s)
Unsweetened dill pickle(s)
0.333 cup(s)
Fresh parsley
0.25 cup(s)
Instructions
1
Cook the macaroni in boiling water until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
2
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, pickle juice, mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper. Stir in the bell peppers, onion, pickles, and cooked pasta. Spoon into a serving bowl; sprinkle with the parsley.
3
Serving size: a scant 1 cup
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