Brad's Easter pasta salad
Brad's Easter pasta salad

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, brad's easter pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Now Choose From Multiple Easy Pasta Recipes To Create That Perfect Meal. This salad has all the food groups represented (bell peppers are actually a type of fruit) and would be an adorable addition to an Easter brunch. Garnish with buttered slices of crusty pumpernickel bread.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook brad's easter pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Brad's Easter pasta salad:
  1. Prepare 12 Oz small shell pasta
  2. Get 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
  3. Take 1 LG ham steak
  4. Prepare 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  5. Get 1 LG can black pitted olives, sliced
  6. Prepare 5 sprigs fresh dill, chopped
  7. Make ready Juice of half a lemon
  8. Get 1/4 cup ranch dressing
  9. Take Mayonnaise
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder, dry mustard, black pepper

I am proud to be partnering with CUREMASTER RESERVE™ Ham to bring you this tasty recipe! Yep, Easter is right around the corner which means that. This light and refreshing cold pasta salad is loaded with the flavors of the Mediterranean, and pairs well with grilled proteins, such as fish, pork, chicken or steak. If you make this in advance, reserve a bit of the dressing to add right before serving, as the pasta has a tendency to soak up the dressing as it sits over time.

Instructions to make Brad's Easter pasta salad:
  1. Bring 4 qts water, 1 tbs oil, 1 tbs kosher salt to a rolling boil. Add pasta. Cook 8 minutes to al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water.
  2. When drained, add to a large mixing bowl. Add tomatoes, olives, and lemon juice. Mix well and let acids blend for a few minutes.
  3. Heat a dry pan on medium heat. Fry ham steak until browned on both sides. Remove and cool. Trim any fat and bone. Dice ham and add to pasta.
  4. Add rest of ingredients except mayo. Mix well.
  5. Use mayo to bring to desired creaminess. I used about a third of a cup.
  6. Refrigerate an hour before serving. Garnish with fresh dill. Enjoy.

A whole salad's worth of greens, folded into pasta to make a complete dinner in one bowl. The chickpea pasta adds protein and the garlicky anchovy sauce complements it especially well. This pleasing pasta salad is like eating a BLT in a bowl. Filled with crispy bacon, chopped tomato, celery and green onion, the sensational salad is coated with a tangy mayonnaise and vinegar dressing. It's a real crowd-pleaser! —Norene Wright, Manilla, Indiana The ultimate in light, convenience cooking, pasta salad is the ideal take-along for workplace lunches and weekend picnics.

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