Little Mommas Simple Macaroni Salad Recipes

MOM'S BEST MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water, and drain.
• In a large bowl, stir together the carrots, red onion, green pepper, red pepper and celery. Mix in the mayonnaise, condensed milk, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add the macaroni, toss gently, cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. I usually make this a day ahead of time, and stir it occasionally to blend the flavors. The macaroni will absorb some of the liquid.

LITTLE MOMMA'S SIMPLE MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook up your 6 to 8 large eggs. Peel, rinse and let cool.
• Cook up your pasta as directed and make sure it's al dente or just a minute before...as the sauce soaks into the noodle it will finish getting to the texture you want. Then, rinse well in cold water, drain and then add to a large bowl to cool. Stir the noodles in bowl so they aren't sticking to one another.
• Chop up all your veggies thinly sliced and set aside.
• Slice your eggs side-ways and then long-ways so they are chopped evenly.
• Now this is where my little Momma insists on being an important part of making her pasta salad or any salad that she puts dressing on. She always puts all these ingredients in a shaker and mixes them well. So, this will be your mayo, milk, sugar, salt & pepper. (IF YOU KNOW YOU LOVE YOUR MACARONI CREAMY MAKE THE WHOLE JAR.) --- It would be a 30 oz. jar of mayo, 1 1/2 cups of milk, 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar, salt & pepper to your taste.
• Once you have your salad dressing made pour it on your noodles and toss them. Now it's time to add your carrots, celery, green pepper, green onion and pickle relish. Mix well. ---- (Now my Mom said at this point she refrigerates the salad for several hours or even overnight as it makes the salad better. Now, she also said she makes another smaller batch of dressing to add before serving so you can mix that up refrigerate.)
• Take our your salad and toss, taste and decide if you are putting more dressing. Then, add more dressing and mix well. You can add a thinly sliced green onion to the top with a little shake of pepper or put a hard boiled sliced egg on top with some paprika to dress the salad. Either way looks great! Time to eat.

MAMA'S MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions using salted water.
• Drain and rinse with cold water to remove the starchy water and cool the pasta quickly.
• Shake the strained to remove as much water as possible from the pasta. You want it as dry as possible but not sticking together.
• Place in large bowl and add the veggies. (This really is best and prettiest when the veggies are diced small.).
• Mix all the dressing ingredients together- I usually put it in an empty jar with a tight fitting lid- like an old mayo jar- and shake-the kids like to do this part! (The dressing can be made ahead of time and stored in refrigerator).
• Pour dressing over pasta and veggies and stir to thoroughly combine.
• Refrigerate.
• NOTE: Holidays: The red and green veggies look great at Christmastime!
• BBQ's/Picnics: Place the bowl on top of a bowl filled with ice to keep it really cold.
• You can use other veggies too- Great way to use up the garden goodies!

MOM'S MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Cook macaroni per package instructions. Drain and let cool.
• 2. Chop celery and eggs.
• 3. Add chopped celery, eggs, and macaroni in a large bowl.
• 4. Mix in mayonnaise, mustard, and relish.
• 5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• 6. Enjoy!

MAMA MIA'S MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Boil and drain pasta- set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Mix together in a bowl all of the ingredients except for the bell pepper, onion, and cheese.
• Mix the sauce with the pasta.
• Add in the chopped bell pepper, onion, and cheddar cheese.
• Refrigerate and enjoy!

A LITTLE DIFFERENT MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and enjoy!