Macaroni Salad with Bacon, Peas, and Creamy Dijon Dressing
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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
Dressing:1/2 cup (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese1/4 cup chopped shallots1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise4 teaspoons Dijon mustard2 tablespoons lemon juice1 tablespoon white wine vinegar3/4 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Salad:8 ounces uncooked large elbow macaroni2/3 cup fresh green peas2/3 cup finely diced red bell pepper1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley4 lower-sodium bacon slices or turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
Directions
To prepare dressing, combine all the dressing ingredients in a food processor, and process until smooth. Cover and chill.

To prepare salad, cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; add peas during the last 3 minutes of cooking time. Drain; rinse with cold water. Drain. Combine the dressing, pasta and the remaining salad ingredients. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

8 (1Cup) servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DACQUISTO.
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 189.0
  • Total Fat: 5.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 15.0 mg
  • Sodium: 382.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
  • Protein: 7.1 g

Member Reviews
  • SILLY_ILLY
     Tip: Make this 24 hours in advance. When I made this recipe and tasted it, I thought it was awful - all I tasted was shallot. But I decided not to panic and put it in the fridge overnight to give the flavors time to combine. By morning it tasted pretty good and by that night it was great! - 7/22/10
  • PWILLOW1
     Traded the red pepper for celery and it was a nice change fom what I usually make. - 6/18/18
  • MSSBETTYBOOP6
     DELICIOUS nice change from my usual macaroni salad I make I did add my reduced fat cheese cubes which we all love in my macaroni salad dressing very good willl definately make again - 8/25/08
  • REDROBIN47
     Sounds good and I will try it for our next cookout. I will let it set overnight as suggested below. - 5/17/21
  • MAHJA2016
     I love this macaroni salad! - 2/1/20
  • MIYAMO
     This was really good. - 8/3/18
  • TWEETYKC00
     Yum, bacon can make almost anything better, right? - 7/24/18
  • 1965KAREN
     Sounds yummy. I love the idea of adding bacon! - 5/24/18
  • TERRIJ7
     The bacon makes this sound interesting. - 5/23/18
  • NONNAOF2
     This is very good to have on occasion. I like to ad diced celery to this recipe, too! - 7/2/17
  • LEANMEAN2
     These look so good! - 8/3/14
  • CD10975016
     I am not using every single ingredient in this salad as said, but I am using the idea of bacon and Dijonmustard. Will be using peas and carrots along with some baby spinach too. Thanks! - 6/3/12
  • NATALIEROBB
     this salad rocks! I add my veggies such as broccoli spears and raw squash to get my veggie servings up. - 9/20/11
  • BAR403
     This is delicious! I did have to make two substitutions as I did not have any white wine vinegar or peas so instead I used seasoned rice vinegar and green pepper. This is our new favorite pasta salad! :D - 6/19/11
  • VIKTORIALYN
     Definitely better the following day flavor wise although not as creamy. - 5/13/11
  • HOWDOIHEARTTHEE
     Completely divine! - 5/30/10
  • EGEISTFELD
     This is absolutely my favorite macaroni salad in the world. I didn't change anything about it. Great recipe! - 2/5/10
  • MISSCHANTILLYS
     a realy low cal meal full of flavour but next time ill simplify the dressing (simply for my ease) - 3/4/09
  • BONMACK
     This was a HUGE hit with my family! I added some cherry tomatoes right before serving it and used whole wheat corkscrew noodles, only because I couldn't find macaroni and wanted to use the whole wheat. This is an AWESOME recipe, definitely a keeper! - 9/1/08



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