Macaroni Salad Recipes
How to Make Easy Pasta Salads
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Basic Macaroni Salad Recipe
1 egg boiled with 1 cup dry elbow
macaroni in water until tender, 7 to 10 minutes. While the macaroni is boiling,
chop some onion, celery or whatever you want in it, and put in a large bowl.
Drain
off hot water, and add cold tap water to quickly chill the cooked macaroni. In
10 minutes, add more cold water and let sit. Crack and peel the egg.
Drain
the cooked macaroni, cool in cold tap water, and add to the large bowl. Add about
a half cup mayonnaise and carefully stir it all up.
Add more mayonnaise if
needed, or add a little milk to make it creamier.
Chill several hours or overnight.
Macaroni Salad Ingredients
- Use salad dressing instead.
- 1/2 sm. onion chopped
(optional)
- 1 or 2 stalks of celery sliced in small pieces(optional)
-
1/4 cup relish
- 1 Tablespoon sugar (optional)
- 1 small squirt of teaspoon
mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon celery
seed (optional)
Macaroni Salad with Tomato
Cook shells or elbow
macaroni
Add
1 chopped tomato
2 stalks celery sliced
chopped onion
chopped
dill pickles
1 tsp. mustard
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
dash of pepper
3/4
cup mayonnaise
Parmesan Macaroni Salad Recipe
2 cups elbow
macaroni - cooked and drained
1 cup chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup celery slices
1/3
cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped dill pickle
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/2
cup grated Parmesan Cheese
dash of pepper
3/4 c mayonnaise
Combine all ingredients except mayonnaise, toss lightly, then add mayonnaise, mix well. Chill Add additional mayonnaise, sprinkle with additional cheese before serving. Makes 6 servings.
Italian Pasta Salad
There is a variety of different ingredients you can add. It pretty much depends on personal taste. Some people like vinegar and oil instead of mayonnaise. See recipe below.
Cook rinse and drain 3 cups curly pasta noodles. Mix the following ingredients and stir into pasta:
1 Tablespoon olive oil or vegetable
oil
1/4 cup vinegar
2 finely chopped garlic
2 med tomatoes
1 bell
pepper chopped
2 green onions chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/2
cup cheese diced
Macaroni Salad for a Crowd
2 lbs. shell
macaroni
1 lb. carrots
16oz frozen peas
1/2 lb cubed American Cheese
5
stalks celery, diced
2 onions, chopped
1 green pepper
Dressing:
1
qt. mayonnaise
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1 1/2 c. evaporated milk
1/8
c. mustard
Garlic salt to taste
Recipe serves 50
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