Need Recipe for Macaroni Salad

[LadyHunter]

Anybody have a good one?

[Sunshine]

Macaroni Salad

2 cups dry macaroni
2 ripe tomatoes, chopped
Green onions, chopped
½ cup green pepper, chopped
1 cup cucumber, chopped

Sauce:

1/3 cups white sugar
½ cup oil
1/3 cup ketchup
¼ cup vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
¼ tsp pepper

Cook, drain and cool macaroni. Cut vegetables and mix macaroni with sauce and vegetables.

Our cook made this when we were in Canada, it was GREAT!! and I'm really finicky about cold salads like these. Usually I will only eat something like Kraft suddenly salad, the ranch and bacon one. I kept thinking....that sure is a big bowl of macaroni salad..(how polite do I have to be???)...but it was really yummy

[thorntoncw]

Tried the one above and it wasn't too bad....Does anyone else have recipes for Maccaroni Salad??

[Goldeneagle]

Suddenly Salad?

[dmen73]

Here is what we do:

2 cups dry macaroni
1 small block of chedder cheese cubed small
1/2lb of deli ham, aske them they will cube it up for you
3/4 cup of mayo
salt and pepper

cook macaroni mix everything else in with macaroni, chill in the fridge for 1 hour.

Easy, and pretty good.

[ItsLeo]

This isn't a Macaroni Salad but it is a cold pasta salad that can easily be served in place of traditional Macaroni Salads.

This is my own recipe and I've been making this salad for over 10 years. Folks must really like it because I'm asked to make it often.

Leo's Noodle Salad

2 packs Raman Soup (any flavor)
4 Fresh Cucumbers (peeled quartered and sliced)
6 Fresh Roma Tomatoes
1 Vidalia onion (coarsely diced)
1/2 bottle Wishbone Italian Salad dressing

Open two packs of Raman Soup and discard the seasoning packets. Break the noodle bricks into quarters. Put in a saucepan with enough water to cover the noodles. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Allow to stand a couple minutes.

Strain the noodles in a fine wire collander. Immediately put them in a large salad bowl and add enough dressing to keep the noodles from sticking together. Lightly toss the noodles while you add the dressing to throughly coat them.

Add the vegetables and remaining dressing. Lightly toss to get everything coated.

Refrigerate at least two hours before serving. It's actually best to refrigerate overnight. This salad gets better the longer it is chilled.

[thorntoncw]

Anyone else have a different way of making pasta salad?

[tpack]

I made this from a recipe I got off of the web . Tasted great. Might try adding something of your likeing. I added a little bacon fried and then crumbled. I let it sit overnight.


Ingredients
4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
2/3 cup white sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup grated carrot (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped pimento peppers (optional)
Directions
1.Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain.
2.In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt and pepper. Stir in the onion, celery, green pepper, carrot, pimentos and macaroni. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, but preferably overnight

[Tbone2227]

My wife calls it goolash but whatever it's called it's good.
Just make mac and cheese as regular but add ground beef after it's browned and a can of Ro-tel tomatos. It's very good.

[Ellen]

I just make mine with macaroni, tomatoes, green onions, celery, bell pepper, cucumber, sweet pickles, hard boiled eggs, mayonaise (add a little milk), pepper, and Tony's. Nothing fancy but, very good as a cold side.

[WHITEtail doe]

Macaroni Salad

Take 10 oz bow tie pasta put in pan with water Lawry's garlic salt and reg salt in water, when water starts to boil, time for 11 minutes remove and drain. Make dressing while pasta is cooking


Dressing: mix
1 cup mayo
½ cup thousand island
1T lemon juice
2 T Jalapeno juice

Pour and stir over hot macaroni and let cool

Add
½ green bell pepper chopped
2 T nacho slices chopped
1 cup celery chopped
6 green onions chopped
small jar pimento
add sprinkle of Lawry's garlic salt, seasoning salt and black pepper

This is a great salad that will keep for several days, I like it served cold.