patti's new macaronie salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound small macaronie shells
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 - hard boiled eggs, diced
• 1/2 cup diced tomatoes, fresh (i used some of each) save juice for dressing.
• 1/2 cup canned diced tomatoes (reserve juice)
• 1/2 cup carrot, julienne, grated, or diced
• 1/2 small green bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 small red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh chives, finely chopped
• DRESSING INGREDIENTS:
• 1/2 to 1 cups good mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup juice from canned tomatoes, or v8 juice would work.
• 1 to 2 tablespoons honey mustard
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon fresh or dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon sweet imported paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder (not onion salt)
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/4 tablespoon dried, granulated orange peel or use 1/2 tsp fresh peel, no pith (white part)
• pinch granulated sugar or honey to taste, if necessary