how do you make a good macaroni salad?

Answer 1

1 1/2 lb box of elbow macaroni
1/2 bunch of green onions - chopped
1/2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
1/2 ea. red, orange, green and yellow peppers. total: 2 whole peppers
2 tsp dijon mustard (generous)
1 1/2 cups Hellman's Mayonnaise
celery salt

Cook Macaroni in salted water. Drain noodles.
While noodles are still hot, mix in mustard and mayonnaise in large bowl.

Mixture should be wet, but not creamy. Stir in Onions and peppers and salt. Mix well.

Taste for salt and mayonnaise content. Add more if needed. Coat top of salad with a sprinkling of celery salt and stir in.

Cover and refrigerate a few hours to allow onion and pepper flavors to permeate.

Serve cold.

**We slice up the left over peppers and serve with Ranch dressing as a before the picnic snack**

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cups macaroni
2 small or 1 large can Swanson white chicken breast
celery
tomato
green pepper
onion
mayonnaise
apple cider vinegar
salt
pepper
sugar

Cook macaroni according to box, do not over cook (7 min). Drain; cool water. Cut up about 4 or 5 stalks celery, one green pepper diced, one onion finely chopped. Remove seeds from 2 tomatoes and dice.
Add chicken, salad, and flake it up a little bit at a time. Combine with 1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, teaspoon salt, teaspoon sugar, a pinch of pepper.

Mix; add to salad mixture.

Chill and enjoy.

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1 package elbow noodles
3 roma tomatoes
1 small purple onion
1/4 cup sweet relish
1 small can (Lindsay) chopped olives
6 hard boiled eggs
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup mustard
salt and pepper

Boil noodles until soft, drain, rinse let cool in refrigerator, while cutting everything else. Dice tomatoes cut onions finely cut eggs (like making deviled egg sandwich) then mix together all ingredients at or leave out whatever you want to liking!
Best if made day before.


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Answer 2

INGREDIENTS:

* 2 cups cooked macaroni, drained, rinsed, cooled
* 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
* 1/4 cup chopped celery
* 1/4 cup chopped onion
* 1/3 to 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
* 2 teaspoons sugar
* 2 teaspoons vinegar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
* 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
* pepper, to taste

PREPARATION:
Combine all macaroni salad recipe ingredients, using about 1/3 cup of mayonnaise and stir well. Add a little more mayonnaise, if necessary. Taste and adjust seasonings. Cover and chill for several hours before serving.

Answer 3

I do everything by guesswork...so don't expect exact measurements....I chopped up celery, a small red onion, a few pieces of diced carrot, a green pepper (red or yellow are ok and makes it look nice) a few leaves of cilantro or parsley (chopped) and either a can of tuna-drained or cooked chicken meat-I prefer thighs over white meat., salt, pepper, a few chopped black olives, mayonnaise, and a few anchovies...mix and enjoy....I vary the recipe a lot and add smoked oysters, or crab meat....add as much macaroni as you like....and this will refigerate well for two days....I am a widower and learned to improvise a lot...my son and I lived on these improvisations.

Answer 4

We like this recipe as something different:

Macaroni pasta twists vegetable flavored
Cook in boiling water until tender, drain

Chop tomatoes, onions, green peppers and cucumbers
Add sliced black olives, shredded cheddar cheese and sliced pepperoni.
Toss with cooked pasta.
Add a bottle of Italian dressing to mixed pasta and vegetables Salt and pepper to taste
Chill and enjoy as a side dish or as the main meal with slices of garlic bread or bread sticks.

Answer 5

I like this one!

Spinach Pasta Salad

Servings: 10
1 (12-oz) package bowtie pasta
2 oz. crumbled feta cheese
1 (10-oz) package baby spinach leaves
1 (15-oz) can black olives, drained and sliced
1 tomato, diced
1 cup Italian salad dressing
Juice of one lemon
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Prepare pasta according to directions on package. Drain.
2. Transfer pasta to mixing bowl and add feta cheese, baby spinach leaves, black olives, and diced tomato.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together salad dressing and lemon juice, adding salt and pepper to taste, for the vinaigrette. Pour your vinaigrette over pasta and toss. Refrigerate for four hours. Serve chilled.

--Home Made Simple

Answer 6

Put in things you like. Always good to have a little crunch so I'd go for diced celery or some type of toasted nuts. I always add shredded cheese because I like it. I also add diced green olives because I like those. I also add hardboiled egg because I like that as well. Sometimes I'll finely dice some tomato. It's your dish. Be creative. Try different things and use what you like.

Answer 7

Whole wheat macaroni, chopped eggs, dill pickle, green olives, onion, celery, Miracle Whip, black pepper. Comes out real good.

Answer 8

used cooked macaroni add diced ham, diced tomatoes, some mayo and a dab of mustard.
you could use onions but i don't like them

Answer 9

Great with tuna, and corn:
http://www.jannekes.eu/salad/pastasalad.html
or with sour cream:
http://www.jannekes.eu/salad/maccheroni-tuna-salid.html

(Use (planned) leftovers on a hot day if you don't want to spend too much time in the kitchen)

Answer 10

lola p gots it
its good her recipe but what u should do is go to epicurious.com and search salad and then narrow it down to potatoes then you'll find 3-7 GOOD recepies and 1-5 GREAT AWSOME BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF!!! type receipes