I love August, when gardens are full of their bounty. When the time you took to plant in May, weed in July and harvest in August pays off! Of course, if you’re like me the garden is always a bit of a crap shoot. We have two container gardens in our yard, so while I don’t get a large amount of veggies, it’s nice to have the option to grab something fresh to add to a salad. This year, only one pea plant out of two rows even sprouted (I’m still confused on that one) and I’m super excited that my first year planting zucchini was success! One thing you can’t really go wrong planting is dill. It loves to grow (and seed, and spread…) so now is the time to bring it inside and determine what to do with it. I freeze a lot of dill for the winter months too!
Recently, contributor Lisa Dutton discovered this Dill Pickle Pasta Salad recipe online and tried it with success (and huge raves) her first time. She says it’s an A+++ recipe, so if you have dill (or a friend who will happily share!) here’s our summer recommendation:
- ½ lb dry shell pasta (about 3 cups)
- ¾ cup sliced pickles
- ⅔ cup cheddar cheese, diced
- 3 tablespoons finely diced white onion
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill
- ½ cup pickle juice
- Dressing
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- 4 tablespoons pickle juice
- salt & pepper to taste
- Boil pasta al dente according to package directions. Run under cold water to stop cooking.
- Toss cold pasta with about ½ cup of pickle juice and set aside for about 5 minutes. Drain & discard pickle juice.
- Combine all dressing ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
- Toss all ingredients in a large bowl. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
I just love going to the farmer’s market and going through first to see what there is, then work our way back slowly and by the time I’m done my bag is overflowing and so heavy! But it’s totally worth it when we get home we cook up an amazing super! The kids have fresh cucumber’s and carrot’s for the week and of course we will get a couple of goodies to munch on too.
I love the dill flavour. This sounds so yummy!!
I love fresh dill on cold salads. This salad looks tasty.
Yum! 🙂 I love a variation on pasta salad.
This salad is quite different from the pasta salads I’m used to, but it sounds delicious. Will have to give it a go.
I really enjoy having fresh vegggies for salads and for snacking.
I love having salads n the summer. Especially when the ingredients come from your own garden.
Wow,thanks for the recipe this is my kind of recipe.I cant wait to try this for our family BBQ on the weekend
mmm yum I have all the ingredient’s I will have to try this recipes
This is the same recipe that I recently discovered and my family and I love it! I’ve made it 3 times in the last month! I don’t put in onions and I add in a half packet of ranch powder seasoning to give it a little extra flavour, so delicious!
Looks yummy! I use dill pickles in potato salad as well. It just add that extra special flavour!
Mmm, we are loving picking stuff from the garden every day too. Thanks for the pasta salad recipe. I’m always trying to make good pasta salad and rarely succeeding.
Haven’t tried using dill pickles in a salad yet but it does sound good!
not my cup of tea but I have a friend who would love it
i am a huge fan of dill! I grow a lot of herbs too and they add so much to recipes!
Looks like a yummy recipe. I’m going to have to try it.
Mmmmm, this looks very very good, I never thought about using dill or pickles for my pasta salad!
That looks very unique,I haven`t had anything like that before. I would try it though!
i saw this in my email thinking i need to check out this recipe. Im not a fan of dill pickles but my girls could eat a whole jar of them.
This sounds pretty intriguing! 🙂
I like all of these ingredients separately, but don’t think I’d have put this combination together on my own. Will definitely give this recipe a try.
I love this recipe the dill pickles would definitely make this recipe a hit at my house. But I love he cheese in it too. I’ll e trying this recipe for sure.
We enjoy pasta salad in the summer and I’ll have to try this recipe soon.
OH yummo!!
Cant wait to try this!
I’m not a fan of dill pickle, but my daughter would love this!
This looks wonderful. I pinned it and as soon as I have pickles I hope to make it.
OMG ….Looks and sounds scrumptious , thanks for sharing the recipe , i will def be making it 🙂
Sounds yummy for summer! I just made dill pickle soup for the first time recently and it was pretty good too!
This looks SO good!! Love Dill! Thanks for sharing. Great for company!
That looks so delicious and easy to make! I love salads; I never had Pickle salads before will have to try it!
Looks good. I love pasta salads and welcome all new recipes to try.
we have loads of dill – thanks! love cold salads in the summer a new recipe is always appreciated.
I love the addition of the dill pickle
Love this idea! My husband adds pickles to his potato salad and I love the contrast
Thanks for sharing this recipe! It sounds and looks very good!
That sounds so yummy!
This sounds really tasty!
Looks good thanks for the idea 😉
Sounds tasty, I love dill pickles so I am pretty sure I would like this. Thanks for the recipe, will have to make it!
I love cold salads – this one sounds delicious! What a perfect dish for summer potlucks!
There is nothing like a great salad and this is definitely a must try for me.I have never had a salad like this one but it sounds very delicious and would go great with some BBQing.
I love summer salads but unfortunately I am not one for pickles. I know my husband will love this though so I will definitely consider making this for him.
My mother does a very similar version…..love the crunch of the pickles 🙂
I absolutely love dill pasta salad , never ever thought of putting pickles in , what a great idea
Oma always added dill pickle to her potato salad so I could only assume this would be really yummy!!
This is a salad my husband would love and I am definitely going to make it for him before summer is over.
I really love the sounds of this recipe – its such a fun twist on a classic pasta salad
Looks delicious!
yum! we love dill pickle anything at our house.
wow this sounds sooo good I will have to make it for my husband and son 🙂 thanks for sharing
My hubby eats Dill Pickles from a jar like candy and I love pasta salad, so I would say we are split down the middle? I think this is one recipe we can compromise!! 🙂
I love this! I put cut up pickles in most of my salads.
This is recipe I would love but no the rest of the family, which is such a bummer, I will make it to take next time the girls have a potluck lunch
Farmers markets are the best! I don’t think I could do this salad as I really, really dislike dill
I always put pickle juice in my potato salad, but not pasta salad. Must try now.
This looks so good!!! 2 of my fav things.. pickles and pasta! lol
This looks and sounds so tasty. Definitely have to try this. Thanks for sharing 🙂
this sounds good, will have to try it
I love dill pickle so I have to try this recipe out! It looks amazing.
This is a favorite in our household. Super simple to make, inexpensive…and the kids love it!
OMG – looks delicious!
I would love to try this. I really like Dill Pickle everything so this would be amazing.
This serioulsy sounds like comfort food to me!!!
Fantastic recipe! Plus you can get creative and add a handful of chopped boiled potatoes or carrots to enhance the flavors and add more texture, right? Excellent work.
What does ‘dressing mean? (I assume miracle whip?) and how much??
Hi Roni! The “Dressing” is a heading in the recipe above (it just has a bullet point the way the plug-in is formatted). Hope that helps – so everything below “Dressing” is what’s used to make the dressing itself. 🙂
Hi,
This is delicious! Thankyou! Made it this morning and it was so easy. 2 thumbs up from my almost 2 year old! She is inhaling it! She & my older daughter would eat pickles for breakfast if they could!
I omitted the onions & added the ranch dressing as someone suggested.
Thankyou again!!!
The dill pickle pasta salad is awesome! It’s definitely a keeper to be used over and over again. Thank you!
It’s so tasty! Just made this salad! I Had to make a last minute dish for a party… this was so tasty!