blt mac salad

Name: BLT Mac Salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) pasta shells you can use elbows though; 2 stalk(s) celery, finely diced; 1/4 small vidalia onion, finely diced basicly less then half of a small onion; 10 to 15 - small cherry tomatoes , cut in half; 2 1/2 teaspoon(s) white vinegar; 1 cup(s) mayonnaise i use heinz; 1 pound(s) bacon , i use thick cut bacon use any brand you like; 2 dash(es) black pepper; 2 dash(es) salt , i use sea salt; 3 dash(es) celery seeds

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Jessica Mills

Dover, DE

Updated on Sep 29, 2019

My husband loves mac salad. One day, I was looking for a recipe that was different from what my mom or my late mom mom used to make and I came across a blt mac salad. While there are tons of recipes for this type of mac salad, I found one that sounded really good, but I changed just about everything. I added less of some things and more of others and turned it into my own recipe that everyone in my family (even our friends) love! I'm asked to make it every time we are invited to a family or friend's BBQ. There are never any leftovers, it's that good! It always gets 2 thumbs up!

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Ingredients

2 cups pasta shells you can use elbows though
2 stalks celery, finely diced
1/4 small vidalia onion, finely diced basicly less then half of a small onion
10 to 15 - small cherry tomatoes , cut in half
2 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar
1 cup mayonnaise i use heinz
1 pound bacon , i use thick cut bacon use any brand you like
2 dashes black pepper
2 dashes salt , i use sea salt
3 dashes celery seeds

How To Make blt mac salad

Step 1

cook your noodles for about 7 to 10 minutes

Step 2

in a small bowl whisk together your mayo vinegar and salt and pepper to taste . cut up all the veggies and set aside until your noodles are done cooking
Step 3

once your noodles are done cooking rinse them off with cold water to cool them off faster i stick them in large bowl and put them in the freezer for less then 10 minutes . once the noodles are cool toss your noodles with your veggies add your mayo mixture and a few dashes of the celery seeds place in the fridge . while your mixture is chilling nicely in the fridge cut up your bacon into small pieces and fry until crisp drain off all the fat and add the bacon while still warm to your chilled mac salad lightly mix your bacon into your mac salad and serve
Step 4

if you have gluten allergies you can use gluten free noodles everything else in the recipe is gluten free just use gluten free noodles instead of reg pasta shells or elbows
Step 5

this recipe can be doubled if your making this for a large crowd
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