Macaroni Salad with Bacon, Peas, and Creamy Dijon Dressing

Name: Macaroni Salad with Bacon, Peas, and Creamy Dijon Dressing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 227 grams uncooked large elbow macaroni; 59 milliliters chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 118 milliliters thinly sliced green onions; 158 milliliters fresh green peas; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 teaspoons grated lemon rind; 59 milliliters reduced-fat mayonnaise; 3 lower-sodium bacon slices, cooked and crumbled; 158 milliliters finely diced red bell pepper; 158 milliliters finely diced red onion; 59 milliliters chopped shallots; 2 Tbsps fat-free sour cream; 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar

Macaroni Salad with Bacon, Peas, and Creamy Dijon Dressing requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 178 calories, 6g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have wine vinegar, bell pepper, cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

To prepare dressing, combine first 9 ingredients in a food processor, and process until smooth. Cover and chill.

Equipment you will use

Food Processor

To prepare salad, cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; add peas during the last 3 minutes of cooking time.

Ingredients you will need

Pasta

Peas

Salt

Drain; rinse with cold water.

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Water

Drain.

Combine pasta mixture, bell pepper, and next 4 ingredients (through rind) in a large bowl. Toss pasta mixture with half of dressing. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Toss salad with remaining dressing, and sprinkle with crumbled bacon; serve immediately.

Ingredients you will need

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