This pasta salad is packed with both dill and dill pickles - a double dose! The pickles provide both flavor and lots of crunch throughout. It's lightened up with lots of fresh summer veggies and a creamy dressing made with yogurt.
Course Pasta, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword bell pepper, dill, grain salads, pasta, pickles, spinach, tomatoes
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Ingredients
16ouncebag of Fusilli pasta
1cupfinely diced baby dill pickles
1.5cupsfinely diced bell pepperabout 1 small bell pepper
8ouncescherry tomatoesabout 1.5 cups quartered
1cupbaby spinachchopped
1-2tbspfresh dill for garnishing
Salt and pepper to taste
For the dressing
1cupfull fat greek yogurt
1/4cupmayo
1tbsplemon juice
1tspdill pickle juice
2tbspfresh chopped dill
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Heat a pot of very salty water on the stove. Cook pasta to al dente per package directions, about 10-12 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Allow to cool slightly.
Chop pickles, bell pepper, tomatoes, spinach, and dill. Add to pasta pot.
Make the dressing. Combine dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined.
Pour dressing over pasta salad and mix everything together.
Season with salt and pepper to taste, and garnish with lots of extra fresh dill!