Southwestern Pasta Salad

PanNan's Note:

While browsing for a pasta salad recipe, I found Inez Willenborg's Homestyle Macaroni Salad. It sounded good, but I didn't have all the ingredients, so I improvised and came up with this one. We absolutely loved it. Thank you, Inez, for the recipe that was the inspiration for this winner.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 8 ounces bow tie pasta (or pasta of your choice)
• 2 hardboiled egg , chopped
• ½ cup celery , chopped fine
• ¼ cup fresh salsa (homemade or the refrigerated variety sold in the produce section)
• 2 scallions , chopped
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup Miracle Whip (or mayonnaise)
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄8; teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Cook pasta in salted boiling water until tender.
2. Drain pasta and rinse with cold water.
3. Combine all remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Add pasta and stir until the pasta is coated.
5. Refrigerate at least an hour before serving.

Reviews

[Michelle S.]

This is incredible! I doubled the sauce ingredients as I made it the night before the lunch I was going to serve it at and I didn't want it to dry out. It was perfect! I served it with chopped black olives, sliced green olives and mild banner rings as garnish. My guests raved! Thanks for making me look good PanNan!

[Sharon123]

I really enjoyed this salad! I used mayonaise and I didn't have any buttermilk so I added a tbls. of vinegar to a1/4 cup milk. I used commercial salsa. Thanks for a yummy recipe!

[Auntie Jan]

I took this to a labor day cook out and everyone loved it. First time I have ever used buttermilk and was quite impressed. I did as Michelle S did, I doubled the dressing as it sat over night and it was perfect the next day. Thanks for posting this one. Its a keeper.