I absolutely LOVE spinach dip! Hot and bubbly with cheese, cold and served in a bread bowl, with artichokes or without…. I’ll take all of it!
You’ll love this easy Spinach Artichoke Dip inspired pasta salad! This delicious dish is actually a take on my favorite cold spinach dip; creamy, delicious and oh so easy to make! This is seasoned with a package of vegetable soup mix giving it a ton of flavor but also keeping it really simple! You’ll want to use a medium pasta noodle for this salad, rotini, bow ties, wagon wheels or shells are all great choices!
If you’re looking to make this dish a little bit more healthy, you can sub in whole wheat pasta, greek yogurt and a lighter dressing for the mayo (I always use Hellmann’s light).
Items You’ll Need For This Recipe
* Medium Pasta * Large Saucepan * Vegetable Soup Mix *
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Ingredients
- 12 ounces pasta (I used rotini)
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 1 package vegetable soup mix (1.4 oz)
- 3 green onions sliced
- 1 can water packed artichokes (14 oz)
- 4 cups fresh spinach chopped & lightly packed
Instructions
- Cook pasta el dente according to package directions.
- In a large bowl combine sour cream, mayonnaise and dry soup mix.
- Drain artichokes well and cut into quarters.
- Toss pasta with sauce. Gently fold in spinach, green onions and artichokes.
- Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Appetizer
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This recipe was amazing! I made this at 11pm trying to get hubby a cold salad for the next day. Thought I had vegetable soup mix. Alas, I did not, but I did have Mccormick’s Farmer’s Market Chicken and Vegetables One Sheet Pan Seasoning Mix. A huge win.
I had also run out of sour cream. (Don’t you hate it when people put empty containers in the fridge?) So I made some with heavy cream and vinegar. This is a solid recipe. Thanks so much!
So happy to hear those substitutions worked well for you!
Can you use the Lipton onion soup mix in place of the vegetable soup mix? I’m having trouble finding the vegetable one.
You could but it will greatly change the flavor of this dip. The onion soup mix can be a little overpowering on the other flavors. If you do try it, I would love to hear how it turns out for you.
Do you think this would work as a warm pasta salad with leftover from making the bread bowl dip? loved dip but should have halfed my recipe as I had a small boule.
Oh that sounds delicious, I’m certain it would work! You could add a little bit of cream/milk if needed to get a thinner consistency.
My favorite side dish for gatherings! I always get rave reviews when I make this dish. I typically use rotini, but I’m trying cheese tortellini today. I’m sure it will be delicious!
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I made this using cheese tortellini. Along with the spinach and artichokes I added half a cup of shredded fresh Parmesan, a tbsp of basil, the juice of a lemon and lump crab meat. It is DIVINE. Great recipe.
Yummy additions Jennifer! Thanks for sharing :)
Wow, I really enjoyed this recipe! Fast and easy too. I substituted plain yogurt instead of sour cream and used fresh shredded chicken. Even the baby arugula tasted great with the spinach mixture and vegetable rotoini for the pasta.
So glad you loved it! Thanks for sharing your additions, great ideas!!