With a delightful mixture of flavors and textures, this refreshing salad will be a favorite all summer long. Dill gives the salad a fresh taste; pasta adds structure, but doesn’t dominate. A bowl will work fine for a mold, but a pretty gelatin mold will create a beautiful dish.
Dilly Delight Summer Salad is perfect for luncheons, potlucks, or teas.
DILLY DELIGHT SUMMER SALAD
Serves 4
- 1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
- 1 large boneless chicken breast, cooked and chopped (about 1 ½ cups)
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup green onion, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Radish roses or sprigs of dill for decoration
- Cook macaroni in boiling water for approximately 5 minutes. Don’t overcook; it should be “al dente”– a little on the firm side. Rinse with cold water and drain well.
- In a large bowl, stir together all of the ingredients. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Lightly grease a 1-quart bowl or gelatin mold. Press the mixture firmly into the mold.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
- Turn out onto a plate and decorate with radish roses or sprigs of dill.
As long as it doesn’t have mayo, I would try it. I love the carrots in there. Good for you!
I have a ton of dill in my herb garden. I’ve never seen cheese curd before – it looks a bit like cottage cheese!
That is right up my alley! I love that it’s perfect for a summer side, too!
That looks yummy! Summer is perfect for macaroni salad and chicken salad… This looks like a fun twist on both!
What an interesting chicken salad. It looks very yummy. I love a good pasta salad in the summer.
I love the presentation! That would be a great dish to bring for a picnic or potluck.
When you added the cottage cheese, I was hooked for good. Oh, how delicious this sounds!
This looks like something my husband would LOVE. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Just the healthy recipe I need as I contemplate my next diet which is starting this week! Thanks for this info!
Mitch
Oh my gosh that looks SO yummy!!! I will be definitely making this for our Independence Day Celebration!
YUM! This looks so good. Perfect for a summer meal.
I love the presentation of this! Definitely a great center piece for the main food table at a party. This looks really yummy too.
How light and refreshing! Perfect summer dish.
This looks great. Love using dill in many dishes.
This looks really yummy. I need to make something new for our next family gathering. I might just make this. Thanks for sharing about it.
That looks so good! Adding fresh herbs from the garden would really make this the perfect summer salad!
For a minute there, I thought it had crab meat in it. I guess it was the carrots. I’m allergic to shelled fish, so I have to steer clear of crab meat. Knowing that this has chicken and all those other yummies, I have to try this! It looks awesome!
This looks perfect for our summer salads.I will give this a go thank you for sharing.
I love summer salads and all things fresh! This looks great.
i love dill in my salads. unfortunately i didn’t plant it this year
Looks so good~ Hugs and blessings, Cindy
That is a great presentation of that salad. It looks so delicious too
What a super refreshing summer salad! I’d love to give this one a try!
That looks so delicious. Can’t wait to try it!!
I love the addition of cottage cheese here. I think cottage cheese is perfect for summer eating, it’s light and nice and cool.
I’ve never heard of this but it sounds amazing!
Bright and cool for summer! I would definitely eat this!
I like all the ingredients separate but not sure about together, but like I tell my kiddos you can’t say you don’t like it until you’ve tried it. Right?
What a great idea for a summer salad! It looks so cool and refreshing.
My grandma used to make this salad when I was little, and I did not like it. However, I think I would love it now since my tastes have changed so much. I’ll have to try it soon.
I love the addition of cottage cheese. So many chicken salads are boring, but this one has some interesting features.
This is a great summer salad. I love everything in it and that makes it even better. 😉
Yum! That looks really delicious and super easy to make too.
Great set up and layout. It looks beautiful and the pictures are perfect
My mom will love this! Sending her the recipe!
Mmmmm, I love summer salads. I especially love having delicious food during our pool breaks.
I love light, refreshing summer salads. This would be great to take to a BBQ.
I am not sure that I have ever heard of this type of salad before or tried it. It looks nice though. Love the radishes on top!
This looks like a perfect summer salad.
This looks like a cool and refreshing summer salad. I’m not sure I ever would’ve thought to put all those ingredients together, but looks like it’s worth a try!
This looks interesting and I’m a big cottage cheese fan! I’ll have to make it for a gathering this summer.
Oh this looks so yummy! I’m headed to a BBQ this weekend and I’d love to take this with me!
I love dill in salads, a lot of folks forget about this herb. Fresh is even better, looks like a good fresh summer salad.
This is a bit of a different salad recipe. Pinned to my Summer Salads board. Would you mind if I share on my #SummerSaladSeries? You can view thee series here. http://intelligentdomestications.com/summer-salad-series
OMG this looks so good! Last summer I was obsessed with making dips with cottage cheese – I haven’t made one yet this summer. I am totally going to try your recipe! Thanks for sharing on Saturday Night Fever Recipe Link Party, pinned to our group board! Hope to see you again this weekend!
Summer is a great time for fresh salads. I am glad I saw this recipe because I as looking for some good salad recipes for my family.
Oh, this looks really yummy! This would be great for 4th of July coming up! 🙂
Wow, this looks so good! I would definitely love to make this for a summer picnic.
Oh this looks really good. I may just have to try this at our bbq. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks super delicious and one that I may just try at our bbq. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Hi There, I found your beautiful and delicious looking recipe through Cindy Conner. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks so much for sharing.
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