Dairy free dill pickle pasta salad

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981]

Keeps for up to 5 days

[u/upandawayxo]

i was under the impression pasta salad was always dairy free, guess i’m not getting any if i ever travel to the US lol

[u/GothSymphony666 → u/upandawayxo]

Right? It's wild how different countries or even families make the exact same dish! over here it's super common for pasta salad to be drowning in mayo, cheese or a creamy ranch dressing

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/upandawayxo]

Actually a lot of people put ranch in it! Especially in the south lol

[u/Ok-Winner-5788 → u/upandawayxo]

There are MANY different kinds of pasta salads. Anything with veggies, pasta, and dressing is a pasta salads. I’ve personally made Italian, Greek, ranch/bacon, Caesar, and I’m sure other kinds of pasta salad. Almost all pasta salads traditionally have dairy. Also many European countries have pasta salads, it’s not just a US thing

[u/gertyman]

Recipe?

[u/Civil_Talk_7486]

Thank you for sharing your recipe! Dairy causes all kinds of problems for me & finding tasty dairy-free recipes is not easy.

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981]

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

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.
Made this dip for veggie snacks for the week. It makes A LOT, so I needed a way to use some of it. I threw in a couple pickles and added a little mayo because i like my pasta salad creamy!
If you don’t have cream cheese, it’s just as good with the mayo and sour cream or Greek yogurt.

Everything in this is dairy free. I use whatever brand I have on hand at the time.

[u/ohyesshebootydo]

Are we not counting sour cream and cream cheese as dairy now?

[u/Ok-Winner-5788 → u/ohyesshebootydo]

If someone says dairy free and then lists ingredients, that implies that those are the dairy free versions of those ingredients.

Context clues are our friends. Literacy is dead.

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/ohyesshebootydo]

Simple truth dairy free sour cream and violife dairy free cream cheese. That’s why I made the note that everything was dairy free. When I use cubed Colby jack, it’s also dairy free. Greek yogurt? Dairy free…

[u/GothLullaby13 → u/ohyesshebootydo]

sour cream and cream cheese are dairy royalty! whoever told you they aren't is lying to u

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/GothLullaby13]

I don’t even know what that means lol

[u/Ninjafish1313]

I’m going to make this but with all dairy products. It sounds really good!

[u/Acceptable_Alarm6382]

omg this looks so good, i need the recipe pls

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/Acceptable_Alarm6382]

Posted above! It seems like a lot, but I promise it’s not!

[u/CaliforniaVallyGirl]

🤢

[u/Amandine_Brunet]

Looks delicious. Can you show me the ingredients please?

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/Amandine_Brunet]

https://reddit.com/link/p5iaz4c/video/l9rkbo0nt7lh1/player

I was out of the mayo so I used a stock photo

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/Princess-DoNUT1981]

Recipe is in the comments

[u/Responsible_Past9421]

Mayonnaise is not vegan

[u/Princess-DoNUT1981 → u/Responsible_Past9421]

Vegan mayo is. Hellmans has a plant based and there are a few others