1000 Island Dressing is a special dressing used for all types of salads. 1000 island dressing salad will be savored by all and a right choice for a grand menu in get-together & parties. How to cook Pasta Salad with homemade 1000 Island Dressing is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Pasta recipes are always a hit in this space and my family loves new varieties with pasta so I grab those opportunities. I wanted to make a simple Pasta Salad and when I was browsing for dressing recipes this 1000 island dressing from a cookbook caught my eye, it is very simple and the ingredients were already there in my pantry.
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About 1000 Island Dressing
The name presumably comes from the Thousand Islands between the United States and Canada in the St. Lawrence River. In the Thousand Islands area, one common version of the dressing’s origins says that a fishing guide’s wife, Sophia LaLonde, made the condiment as part of her husband George’s shore dinner. Often in this version, actress May Irwin requested the recipe after enjoying it. Source : Wikipedia.
And Its been 4yrs since I started Sharmis Passions!! The journey was totally enjoyable and it has been a great learning curve in both aspects of cooking and food photography. Thank you so much to each and everyone of you for the enormous support you have given me all these years. Stepping into the 5th year expecting the same support , encouragement and wishes!
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1000 Island Dressing Ingredients
- Pasta – You can choose any type of pasta of your choice like penne, fusilli etc.
- Oil – Olive oil gives the best flavor and taste for this dish.
- Vegetables – I have used onion, carrot and capsicum.
- Yogurt – Use thick curd or mayonnaise.
- Others – Mustard, tomato sauce, sugar, pepper powder and green chili paste is used here.
How to make 1000 Island Dressing Step by Step
1.Boil water and add pasta along with required salt and oil. Drain water and keep the pasta aside. Powder mustard seeds to a semi fine powder – I used my hand mortar and pestle.
2.Chop the veggies into lengthwise strips. Mix them with little salt and keep aside. In a mixing bowl – add yogurt,mustard powder.
3.Then add freshly ground pepper powder and chili paste. Add the pasta, veggies, salt to taste and give a quick stir.
Serve immediately.
Expert Tips
- The original recipe uses mayonnaise, I wanted to make it low fat so used thick yogurt.
- There are a lot of variations – You can either use pasta, or even any type of legumes like chickpeas, red kidney bean etc along with veggies.
- You can even make the dressing the previous day and refrigerate it and while serving just toss the other ingredients. Always serve immediately once the salad is prepared to maintain the crunch of the veggies.
- If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce. The original recipe called for kosher salt, I skipped it and used normal salt.
Serving and Storage
Serve it as such hot or serve it along with toasted bread. I would recommend to consume it fresh. In case you want to store, make the sauce separately store in fridge then mix it with pasta while serving.
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1000 Island Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pasta
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon onion chopped
- 1.5 tablespoon carrot chopped
- 1 tablespoon capsicum
For 1000 island dressing:
- 1/2 cup yogurt / mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar optional
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon green chilli paste optional
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil water and add pasta along with required salt and oil. Drain water and keep the pasta aside. Powder mustard seeds to a semi fine powder – I used my hand mortar and pestle.
- Chop the veggies into lengthwise strips. Mix them with little salt and keep aside. In a mixing bowl – add yogurt,mustard powder.
- Then add freshly ground pepper powder and chili paste. Add the pasta, veggies, salt to taste and give a quick stir.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- The original recipe uses mayonnaise, I wanted to make it low fat so used thick yogurt.
- There are a lot of variations – You can either use pasta, or even any type of legumes like chickpeas, red kidney bean etc along with veggies.
- You can even make the dressing the previous day and refrigerate it and while serving just toss the other ingredients. Always serve immediately once the salad is prepared to maintain the crunchness of the veggies.
- If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce. The orginal recipe called for kosher salt, I skipped it and used normal salt.
Tamilarasi Sasikumar
Love this yummy salad….
AparnaRajeshkumar
lovely one 🙂 u were one of my inspiration i started my blog 🙂 long way to go sharmi 🙂 congrats 🙂
Helen Prabha
Wow….colorful & delicious salad……
Leena Chandrashekar
yummy pasta salad..love it
Sona S
delicious pasta salad.. and congrats!
Akila
Very nice salad
Rashida Shaikh
Hello,
It good to hear you have completed 4years and wishing you for many more years.
I always adore your pics, lovely.
Have a great week ahead!
Jeyashrisuresh
Super yummy salad, love to have the entire bowl
Vaishnavi
Happy birthday sharmispassions!
Raksha
Looks super delicious.
COngrats for the wonderful journey of 4 years.
CHITRA
I have heard about this but never seen or tasted. looks super yummy. Bookmarked !
Nisha
whee!! i love this version using yogurt!! thousand island dressing is super addictive *_*
Anitha Gokulakrishnan
Congrats for completing four years..yummy salad
Priya Suresh
Congrats Sharmi,keep on rocking,happy blog anniversary dear.
Pasta salad is one of my kiddo's favourite, that 1000island dressing sounds awesome.
Divya Shivaraman
Perfect salad and wishes for years to go 🙂
Sireesha Puppala
Looks so yummy:)
Gayathri Ramanan
my fav..pasta looks so creamy and yummy
Prathima Rao
Thousand island dressing is a fav here too..Looks so perfect & yumm Sharmi!!!And congrats on completing 4 successful yrs of bloggging, wish u luck for many more such wonderful yrs..
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Preeti Nambiar
Heartiest Congratulation sharmi… U inspire everyone to cook better.
Uma Ramanujam
I love pasta recipes too but that doesn't attract TH so make once in a while. BTW best wishes for the wonderful journey and wish you to move up further and further…
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks rich and colourful! Wish I have that whole bowl!
Shabitha Karthikeyan
Congrats on your 4th blog anniversary !! Pasta looks super good !!
Gajus kitchen
Pasta salad looks tempting and love the recipe of 1000 island dressing using yogurt.Congrats on completing 4 years of blogging.Your posts are lovely and inspiring.
Vini
I tried this and it was too good! I've made the same salad before with store-bought thousand island dressing. I was skeptical whether the dressing with yogurt would taste the same, but it really matched that taste 🙂 I used mustard sauce(readymade) instead of mustard powder. I also added some zucchini and olives in the salad. It was so yummmmm 🙂
audi
Great recipe and nice work on the photographs composition – I think you missed mentioning adding tomato sauce in point #2 🙂
Foodie
This is my all time favorite dressing. Tried immediately with a spoonful yogurt, it tastes perfect 🙂
Thank you. I dint know the dressing of 1000 island was so simple :p
Evangeline ravindran
Hey Sharmi, Can I pack this one for lunch ? will it turn sticky by the time we have it ?
SHARMILEE J
It may turn dry, may be you can pack milk and add it while eating