Recipe: Perfect Easy and simple homemade pasta salad

Easy and simple homemade pasta salad. Pasta salad is easy to make. The ingredients are simple and flexible, so you can make this when you are inundated by summer produce or you can adapt to what's in season in the fall and winter. Not too bad, especially when you can keep it in.

This homemade pasta salad recipe is SO easy to make, which is one of the reasons I love it. Even making your own dressing is so simple! This colorful , easy-to-make homemade pasta salad recipe is packed with fresh vegetables, fruits and other good stuff it will leave you wanting for more! You can have Easy and simple homemade pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy and simple homemade pasta salad

1. It's 1/2 cup of mayonnaise (I used Kraft mayonnaise with olive oil).
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of to 1/2 cup Ranch dressing depending on your taste (I used Wishbone).
3. Prepare 1 cup of to 1 1/2 cups bow tie pasta.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of finely shredded carrot.
5. Prepare of salt.
6. You need of lemon pepper seasoning.
7. Prepare of Fresh lime juice.
8. It's 2 piece of chicken breasts (I had small but if you use a large one 1 should be fine).
9. Prepare of Bacon pieces.
10. Prepare 1 cup of corn.

This easy homemade pasta salad recipe can be prepared in minutes and is a super dish for spring. However, we must admit we love eating it all year. Learning how to make pasta salads is very simple, and only takes a couple minutes. Once you have your oil, vinegar and seasonings, mix them together and pour your homemade dressing over your pasta salad.

Easy and simple homemade pasta salad instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to boil. Add salt to water to taste. Once boiling add chicken breasts. Boil until cooked through..
2. When cooked thoroughly remove from water and let sit for 5-10 to cool. To the same water add the pasta, asking more water if needed. You do not need to add more salt because the water is already salted..
3. While pasta is cooking cut or shred chicken to desired size. Squeeze the fresh lime juice onto the chicken, making sure to combine it well, while it's still warm so that it may soak up the flavor..
4. After cutting the chicken, grate the carrot in a bowl and add the mayonnaise and ranch dressing letting it sit for a couple of minutes..
5. When pasta is just tender remove from the water, do not drain it. After removing from water, run it under cold water to stop the cooking process. Let it sit in the strainer and shake to run off excess water..
6. If you are using frozen corn, as I did, add it tonthe water that you cooked the chicken and pasta in. Cook until heated through usually about 3 min. If you are using can corn you can skip this step..
7. While the corn is heating up, add the drained pasta to the mayonnaise mixture along with the chicken and lemon pepper. When the corn is done, either run it under cold water as to cool it down, or add to the pasta mixture as is..
8. Mix all of the ingredients until combined well. Then lastly add in the bacon pieces and mix well. You can eat as in or place in the fridge to serve cold..

This Easy Pasta Salad is one of our favorite summer recipes. It is a great salad to serve at bbq's, picnics, and pool parties. If you want to make a simple homemade olive oil herb dressing instead of using store bought dressing you certainly can! We will be serving this easy pasta salad at all of our. Homemade Pasta is not only fun and easy recipe to make in your own kitchen, but nothing compares to the taste and texture.