Love bowtie noodles? Me too! I particularly love them in this Creamy Bow Tie Pasta Salad! I think farfelle pasta also known as butterfly or bowtie pasta makes for a very pretty pasta salad when paired with lots of colorful vegetables. My Creamy Pasta Salad will be a new favorite recipes! It’s perfect for a simple side or to feed a hungry crowd!
Creamy Bow Tie Pasta Salad Ingredients
For this recipe, I loved using a variety of vegetables to create different colors, textures, and flavors! I LOVE a pop of color in a salad like this one!
In this salad I used:
Peas
Pimento
Broccoli
Carrots
Bell Peppers
Hard Boiled Egg
Feel free to customize the additions to this salad as you please! Other delicious additions would include cheese, olives, cucumbers, celery, and cherry tomatoes!
Preparing the Dressing
This Creamy Bow Tie Pasta Salad recipe is intended to create a flavorful and very cream pasta salad. That is really what I love about it!
Pasta salad is such a classic dish and the secret to a great recipe is what is in the dressing.
My creamy dressing includes mayo & miracle whip, yes both!! Vinegar, dry mustard, and evaporated milk! Of course, we then add salt & pepper to taste!
You’ll notice that this dressing has a unique flavor and that the noodles are very well coated and creamy! YUM!
Another YUMMY pasta salad recipe on my blog is my recipe for Lemon Tarragon Pasta Salad.
Make Ahead
You can definitely make this Creamy Bow Tie Pasta Salad recipe ahead of time and save it! In fact, a recipe like this does really well as it sits in the fridge.
The rest time really allows the flavors to incorporate and the pasta to absorb up the creamy sauce.
You can make this the day before serving and allow it to chill overnight in an airtight container in the fridge. You may need to add an additional 1/4 cup of mayo just before serving!
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Creamy Bow Tie Pasta Salad
Love bowtie noodles? Me too! I particularly love them in this Creamy Bowtie Pasta Salad!
Ingredients
- 16 ounces bowtie pasta noodles
- 1 cup broccoli florets, chopped
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 cup peas
- 1 4 ounce jar pimento, drained
- 4 large eggs, hard boiled
- 1 cup mayo
- 1 cup Miracle Whip
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 can evaporated milk
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare bowtie noodles as directed on the package. When finished, rinse and cool completely and place in a mixing bowl.
- Mix in the broccoli, carrots, bell pepper, peas, pimento, and hard boiled eggs with the noodles.
- In a separate bowl, combine the mayo, Miracle Whip, vinegar, dry mustard, evaporated milk, and salt & pepper. Pour over pasta and other ingredients.
- Gently fold in dressing until all ingredients are evenly coated.
- Cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.
