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Creamy Macaroni Salad

5/27/14

Simple and delicious, this creamy macaroni salad is ready in just minutes

The creamiest, and tastiest Macaroni Salad that you will every have!

I recently asked everyone for recipe request via twitter. The first person that answered ( MJ) asked for pasta salad recipes. I love pasta salads, and since it is pretty warm outside( barbecue season! YAY!), I thought It would be a great time to start uploading a few pasta salads. The first pasta salad that came to mind was this Creamy Macaroni Salad. I mean seriously, who doesn’t like a nice homemade macaroni salad?! Besides potato salad, this is by far a must have as a side dish at all of your upcoming cookouts!

This creamy macaroni salad is quite easy to make. The secret is all in the creamy mixture, which is really just a few ingredients. The main ingredient for our creamy mix is mayonnaise. Be sure to use a nice creamy mayonnaise such as Best Foods/Hellmans or Dukes. Also do not use any fat free or low fat mayonnaise because they tend to be very stiff, and have a funny after taste.

Creamy dressing for the cold macaroni salad recipe

As far as the vegetables used in this macaroni salad, I find that less is better.

You don’t need a bunch of overpowering vegetables. Stick with a few simple ingredients that compliment each other. I used celery, green onion,orange sweet peppers, and relish. This vegetables were just enough to add flavor, and crunch. They also helped brighten up the salad with color.

A few tips that I must share with you

    • Serve immediately. If you refrigerate the salad, the pasta will absorb some of the moisture, and it may not be as creamy as you’d like. This will result in having to add more mayo.
    • Make sure that you let the pasta cool down before  the mayo mixture.
    • This pasta taste better cold

That’s pretty much it. This creamy macaroni salad is extremely easy to make, and delicious. Once you make this, I promise you that you will never want to buy that store bought stuff again!

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Creamy Macaroni Salad

This macaroni salad is the perfect summer salad. Super easy to make, creamy, and delicious!
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Creamy Macaroni Salad
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 22 oz bag of salad macaroni or elbow macaroni pasta
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onion
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1/2 diced sweet peppers any color
  • 1/4 cup dill relish
  • 1 2/3 cup mayo
  • 2 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 4 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp seasoning salt

Instructions

  • Boil the pasta in lightly salted water, until it's al dente'.
  • Drain the pasta and let cool.
  • In a mixing bowl, add the mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Mix the ingredients until it's nice and creamy.
  • Add the pasta into the bowl along with the creamy mixture. Lightly fold in the ingredients.
  • Add in the vegetables, and fold in.
  • Transfer the macaroni salad into your serving dish, and sprinkle in the seasoning salt. Lightly fold in.
  • Serve!

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