Photo: Corn and Pasta Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces gemelli pasta
- 1 small garlic clove
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1 scallion, minced
- 2 small ears fresh corn
- 8 ounces grape tomatoes, preferably mixed heirloom, halved
- 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced lengthwise
- 4 cups baby arugula
- 2 slices bacon, cooked until crisp in the microwave, and crumbled
Directions
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to package directions; drain and run under cold water to cool.
Meanwhile, finely chop the garlic clove on a cutting board; sprinkle with salt. Using the blade of a chef's knife, press down onto garlic, smashing it to make a paste. Add the garlic paste to a large bowl with the sour cream, buttermilk, cider vinegar and scallion; season with salt and pepper. Whisk the dressing until smooth and reserve.
Cut the kernels from the corn (breaking sheets of kernels into about 2-inch pieces, if desired). Add the corn, tomatoes, onion and arugula to bowl with dressing; gently toss to coat. Sprinkle with the bacon.
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Nutritional analysis per serving
Calories 148; Total Fat 3g (Sat Fat 1.5g, Mono Fat 0.4g, Poly Fat 0.3g) ; Protein 6g; Carb 25g; Fiber 3g; Cholesterol 9.5mg; Sodium 159mg
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By cheffee
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on August 23, 2011
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No one in my house liked this. I made as written and found the dressing to be very bland. It would have been much better just using a store bought light ranch dressing.
By daisymoo
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on August 13, 2011
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We liked this one. I sauteed the corn in a tiny amount of oil before cooling and then mixing into the rest.
By faithfowler
on July 24, 2011
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Yuk! Awful dressing! Dumped it all out!
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