How to Cook Tasty Macaroni Salad

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Macaroni Salad. Get Inspired On Our Official Site. Great macaroni salad and definitely classic picnic food! Everyone has their own take on these types of things and I adjusted this to my own taste preferences as well.

Macaroni Salad A sweet macaroni salad just like Grandma used to make. The dressing is a good basic macaroni salad dressing that you can use with your own macaroni salad recipe. Made with cooked macaroni pasta, red bell peppers (or capsicum), shredded carrot, red onions, dill pickles, crisp celery and chives tossed in the ULTIMATE dressing made with mayonnaise, sour cream, vinegar, Dijon mustard, minced garlic, salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar to balance out the acidity. You can have Macaroni Salad using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Macaroni Salad

  1. You need 6 of eggs.
  2. You need 2 Cups of salad macaroni.
  3. Prepare 1/3 cup of chopped dill pickles.
  4. Prepare 1/3 cup of grated carrots.
  5. You need 1/4 cup of chopped green onion tops.
  6. You need 1 teaspoon of lemon pepper.
  7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
  8. It's 3/4 cup of mayonaise.
  9. It's 1 Tablespoon of olive oil.

Stir in macaroni, celery, green pepper and onion. Serve chilled or at room temperature. Macaroni Pasta Salad is an old Southern classic recipe. Great for home, picnics, potluck dinners, any old place.

Macaroni Salad step by step

  1. Hard boil eggs..
  2. Pre cook pasta using al dente instructions and chill. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to water prior to cooking..
  3. Slice eggs and add to chilled pasta..
  4. Grate carrots and add to bowl..
  5. Slice dill pickles, olives, green onions and add to other ingredients..
  6. Add mayo and seasonings. Stir to blend ingredients and mayo. It's salad! Chill in the refrigerator and serve later as a side dish with BBQ..

Can be prepared a day or two ahead of time if needed and travels well. I was hesitant about posting this recipe - it's the macaroni salad I grew up with, and pretty basic. The best + easiest old-fashioned macaroni salad to bring to all the BBQs/potlucks! Everyone will be dying for the recipe! We all need a good classic macaroni salad in our back pocket.