Creamy southern macaroni salad with sweet peppers, diced boiled eggs, onions, fresh tomatoes, carrots, and a easy homemade dressing!
Many years ago I shared a classic macaroni salad recipe on YouTube. Although a ton of people loved the recipe, a lot my viewers were shocked to see me add diced boiled eggs in my macaroni salad. Though they were shocked, they LOVED the idea. Again, I called it my ” classic macaroni salad”. However, A lot of my viewers stated that it was a southern macaroni salad recipe. Honestly, it was the only way my mom had made her macaroni salad when I was younger.. But my mom’s folks are from Louisiana, so of course she made it the southern way😆 .
Anyways, these days I still use most of the same ingredients. Of course I use elbow macaroni pasta( gotta have that right?!). I also like to use fresh ingredients such as sweet roma tomatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers, and celery. I like using both sweet & dill relish to give the salad a nice sweet and tangy taste, and I also add dash of garlic powder.
This homemade southern macaroni salad is perfect for potlucks, holiday spreads, picnics, and cooks outs. Give my a try, and tell me what you think of it down below!
Southern Macaroni Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups macaroni pasta
- 4 medium sized eggs
- 1 small onion diced
- 1/2 cup matchstick carrots OR shredded carrots
- 3 roma tomatoes diced
- 1 large sweet bell pepper diced
- 2 ribs of celery diced
- 1/4 cup sweet relish
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 2/3 cup dill relish
- 2 tbsp dill pickle juice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Boil the pasta in lightly salted water ( I added 1 tsp salt to about 8 cups water), until it's cooked but still firm.
- Drain the pasta, the rinse under cool water, and let the pasta cool.
- Boil the eggs, then once done dice them.
- Clean all the veggies, and then dice them ( don't dice the carrots though! Shred them).
- Combine the mayonnaise, sweet relish, dill relish, garlic powder, black pepper, and dill pickle juice.
- Mix well.
- Combine the pasta, eggs, and veggies.
- Pour in the mayonnaise mixture, then fold all the ingredients.
- Make sure everything is well incorporated.
- Place the macaroni salad in a large storage bowl, and cover.
- Refrigerate until it's nice and cool.
- Serve & Enjoy!
Check out some of my other Pasta Salad Recipes!
Seafood Macaroni Salad
Summer Pasta Salad
Italian Pasta Salad
Joanne says
August 10, 2016 at 5:50 pmThis is a delicious looking macaroni salad! I like that you make it with relish, too.
Rosie says
August 10, 2016 at 6:14 pmThank you! It’s definitely my favorite macaroni salad.
Mary says
August 11, 2016 at 6:37 amWe love macaroni salads and will be making this one soon. Gotta have chopped eggs! I like the idea of both sweet and dill relish. Pinned. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend!
Rosie says
August 11, 2016 at 8:29 pmOoh, I love macaroni salad too. This is my favorite recipe for it!
Sandy Scott says
August 14, 2016 at 2:30 amThis looks so good and I can’t wait to try it Rosie. I just love you and the way you cook!
Rosie says
August 14, 2016 at 3:45 pmThank you Sandy!
Dana Taylor says
September 1, 2016 at 12:55 pmI have never ENJOYED cooking until I found YOU.
Thank you!!!
Rosie says
September 2, 2016 at 9:54 pmAweee! I’m glad that I could make it fun for ya!
De'Andre says
July 1, 2017 at 10:06 pmJust tried it for tje first time today! Best Macaroni Salad I’ve had! Thanks!
Rosie says
July 2, 2017 at 11:43 amThanks so much for trying my recipe!
Tracey says
August 20, 2017 at 8:44 amHi Rosi just daw your site abd my family we nake it the sane way just one ingreduent we didnt use was tomatoe looks delicious.
Tracey says
August 20, 2017 at 8:49 amOh my goodness i couldnt see so good had to put a few drops in my eyes you must think im crazy oh goodness read between the endless typos sorry and the salad looks delicious.
Didnt check before i clicked send:)
Rosie says
August 20, 2017 at 9:50 amLOL! No problem 🙂