Pasta Salad with Fruit and Vegetable Medley
This is a pasta salad very different from the others! Great as a side dish at a barbecue, or just by itself as a light meal.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 3 cups bowtie pasta
- 500ml bottled coleslaw dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 4 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1 1/2 cups seedless green grapes, halved
- 1 1/2 cups seedless red grapes, halved
- 1 (230g) tin water chestnuts, drained and quartered
- 2 cups thinly sliced celery
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced spring onions
- 2 cups cashew halves
- 2 cups dried cranberries
Directions
Preparation:35min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:2hours chilling ›
Ready in:2hours45min
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk together coleslaw dressing and mayonnaise.
- In a large bowl combine pasta, chicken, green grapes, red grapes, water chestnuts, celery and spring onions. Stir in dressing and mix well. Place the salad in the refrigerator to marinate for 2 hours or overnight. Mix in cashews and dried cranberries just before serving. Serve cold.
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I liked this salad but would definitely do differently next time. I prepared this one late night. Had put the cooked chicken, cooked pasta, grapes, and green onions in a bowl with every intention to make that night. However, I ended up going to bed early. The next night, I mixed the cole slaw & mayo ( I omitted miracle whip-instead added extra 1/4 cup mayo and 1/2 tbsp of lawry's seasoning) and added the mayo mixture to the cold pasta then added cranberries & pecans. It looked so yummy I decided to eat some then and it was delicious! However, I made this for the next day and as the recipe suggest, I let it marinate overnight, the next day it was a let down! The flavors just "fell flat". I would suggest prepping the salad, chilling overnight, then adding the dressing! Also, make sure you add the cranberries right before serving as they will turn your salad a grayish color. - 27 Sep 2009 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I took a couple of stars off for the recipe as written here. Since I think Miracle Whip is incredibly gross, I made my own creamy dressing with mayo, sour cream, dijon mustard, honey, garlic, fig vinegar and bit of worcestershire sauce; limited celery and diced it rather than sliced so it wasn't so overpowering; I also used half the grapes indicated; and toasted the cashews. it was fabulous. - 21 Sep 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This salad was delicious! I will definitely make it again. I modified it a little by adding 1 cup of mayo instead of ½ cup of mayo and ½ cup of Miracle Whip (I’m not a fan of Miracle Whip), I excluded the red grapes and put only one cup of dried cranberries in it. I used a rotisserie chicken for ease. I love recipes like this – very flavorful and looks great too! - 20 Jul 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)