"Gotta Have One More Bite" Pasta Salad

 My sister had a barbeque for my nephew's birthday the past weekend.  It gave me a perfect excuse to make this Pasta Salad that I saw on Diners, Drive-ins & Dives from a barbeque joint called The Shed.  Everyone was raving about how good and creamy their Pasta Salad tasted so I had to find the recipe.  I did a quick search on the internet for a copycat recipe because I could not find official version.  This recipe does have the ingredients the cook listed on the show (but she gave no amounts because she was making a massive batch).  Of course, I have to put my own 2 cents into the recipe and I added a few extra items and substituted the sour cream in the creamy sauce for low-fat yogurt.  I will give you my recipe version and put asterisks next to the items I added so you have your choice on which way to go with this pasta salad.  The pasta salad was truly delicious.  Everyone enjoyed it at the party and I know I have keeper on my hands here.  The reason I named it "Gotta have one more Bite" is because I almost did not have enough pasta salad to take to the party after I kept "taste testing" it.  Trust me, you will want to take one bite after another of this pasta salad when you make it too.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of uncooked pasta ( I used one box of whole pasta shells)**
• 1/2 bell pepper  (I finely diced a whole small green bell pepper)**
• 1/2 red onion (I finely diced a whole medium red onion)**
• 1/4 shredded cheddar cheese (I put 4oz shredded cheese)* *
• 1/2 small jar of diced pimento peppers **
• 4 hard boiled eggs smashed with a fork  **

 Sauce:

• 1 cup mayonnaise  * (I used low-fat)*
• 1/2 cup sour cream *(I used low-fat plain yogurt)*
• 1/8 cup cider vinegar *(I used red wine vinegar)*
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper  *(I did mine to taste)*
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon salt *(I did mine to taste)*
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt  *(I did not add this)*
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

 

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/mama-mias-macaroni-salad-420603#ixzz1xZhRdZAh

Directions:
Cook the pasta until tender, then drain and allow to cool.  Dice onions, bell pepper, boil and smash eggs, and drain pimento peppers.  Add all sauce ingredients into a blender and blend until well mixed and smooth.  Toss all ingredients together with shredded cheese.  Taste for salt and seasoning. Serve immediately or chill and serve.  Enjoy.

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