Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2009

This was a huge hit at our cookout. I made it like it says only with black olives and I added chicken. I thought the creamy dressing was really good and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Awesome!

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catorganics

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2009

Excellent salad. Unlike others, I wanted a more mayo based salad. I omitted the olives & vinegar and increased the mayo, because I added more veggies. I added alot more broccoli as well as some chopped vidalia onion. Wonderful base recipe to adapt to your personal preferences.

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AEMAZA

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Elkland, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Osceola, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009

Thank you for this delicious and versatile recipe. Like other reviewers, I began by not using the milk and mayo; however after trying the dressing I wanted to cut the vinegar flavor and I added 2-3 Tablespoons of light mayo and 2 Tablespoons of milk. I will add cherry tomatoes the next time I make this and a bit more broccoli.

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ERINRYA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: De Pere, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2009

I tried this recipe for a BBQ and it was really very tasty. I used black olives instead of green. I added cherry tomatoes, red onion and grilled chicken pieces. I omitted the broccoli because hubby does not like it. It was a hearty meal. My hubby really like this dish.

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Cora

Reviewed: May 8, 2009

Yum!

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Donna

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2009

excellent salad. we had leftover grilled chicken breast and threw that in. i followed the dressing recipe exactly and found it to be good. i tasted without the milk & mayo to see if i could go without but i added it because i think it balanced it out the vinegar...it was too tart otherwise. thanks for the recipe!

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brendajean

Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2009

I love it!

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Pack Leader

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2009

Pretty good. I replaced the mayo with more pesto and added shredded chicken.

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RALWATTAR

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Dublin, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2009

Delicious! For a great summery meal try serving with Marinated Rosemary Lemon Chicken.

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SheilaR

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

This was great though I did not use tortellini, I just used whole wheat spiral macaroni pasta. I had a bit of extra pesto and was feeling for pasta salad so I decided to go ahead with this recipe. I used the veggies called for. I made the dressing with more pesto rather then mayo. I'm not too big on mayo based salads. I did not use any extra Parmesan as the pesto I had has a mix Parmgiano-reggiano plus other cheese so I did not see the point. I added in some chopped sun dried tomatoes to finish the dish off. It worked well, a nice twist to mayo based dressings. As for the spinach, I just chopped up baby spinach and added into the pasta salad.

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