We know you’ll also love this cold tuna pasta salad recipe! Ingredient Checklist This recipe is incredibly easy so beginner cooks will love making it and experienced cooks will love how something so easy, tastes so delicious! Pasta or macaroni salad, especially when the weather is warm, and I’m hoping How ready are you all for summer food? I adore any kind of Hey Fantabulosity readers! It’s Meg from Meg’s Everyday Indulgence popping in with a delicious recipe to satisfy all your carb cravings. It’s a simple creamy dressing tossed with tender pasta, chicken, celery, and onion that’s done in a flash. With the chicken in it, it could also easily be considered one of the easiest and lightest main dish recipes you could make for summer! This is one of the simple pantry staple side dish recipes and salad recipes that you’ll want to hang on to. You may also love this curry chicken salad recipe! Chicken Macaroni Salad

This creamy pasta salad is perfect for summer BBQs, a special occasion, or even just a recipe to add to your favorite lunch recipes, along with our delicious shrimp macaroni salad! Helpful Tools: THIS julienne peeler is awesome for easily creating long, thin strands of carrot and cucumber.Macaroni Chicken Salad: An easy pasta salad recipe using pasta, mayo, mustard, seasoned salt, pepper, celery, onion, and chicken to create a side dish or main course, favorite! Chicken Macaroni Salad.They and such yummy crunch and flavor to the dish. Toppings: If you don’t need this recipe to be nut free, sprinkle in about 1/2 cup toasted chopped cashews or peanuts.Also, I like adding some shelled edamame (can buy frozen and then defrost it before adding to the dish). Veggie options: any crunchy, raw veggies will work well in this noodle salad.If you are using a nut butter that isn’t super runny, I would reduce the amount to a 1/4 cup then stir in a little water to thin out the sauce as necessary. No Tahini?: you can use almond butter or peanut butter instead if you don’t need this dish to be nut-free.Even a thin spaghetti will work in this recipe. Noodles: These are the rice-based ramen noodles that I usually buy (at Costco), but you can really use any kind of noodles you like.HERE are some on Amazon (affiliate link). My boys love using kid-friendly chopsticks to eat this dish. Use some fun utensils to get kids excited about the meal.

“Picky eater” tips: If your kiddo liked noodles, but isn’t a fan of veggies mixed in, separate out some plain noodle before tossing everything together and serve the veggies along side instead.

Garnish!: Kids will have fun sprinkling the finished noodle dish with the sesame seeds, scallions, and nuts (if using).Stir up the sauce: Show your child hold to hold the bowl with one hand then slowly whisk the sauce together.Then your child can dump the ingredient into the bowl too. Measure ingredients: Have your child hold the measuring spoon or cup with you as you measure the ingredients for the sauce.Even if your child doesn’t help chop or peel any veggies, simply transferring them from the cutting board to a bowl is a great way to get exposure to the vegetable in the dish. If using snap peas, kids can cut off the ends. Prep the veggies: Kids can wash the produce you are using in this dish, peel the carrots and help use a grater or julienne peeler to shred them up.Pack up this noodle salad for a picnic or a lunch box for a nutritious and refreshing meal. Cook your favorite rice noodles, chop up some crunchy veg, and then toss it all in a super flavorful sauce. A healthy summer meal or bbq side dish that the whole family will love! This plant based, veggie-packed Sesame Noodle Salad is nut-free, gluten-free, and vegan.

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