macaroni salad

Name: Macaroni Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) elbow macaroni, sometimes I use small shells or rotini; 6-7 slice(s) Velveeta cheese; 1/2-3/4 cup(s) dill pickle juice; 3-4 tablespoon(s) mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon(s) yellow mustard; 9 - hard boiled eggs, chopped; 2-4 - dill pickles, chopped (I usually use 4 pickles but you can add less depending on your taste preference); 1/4 - onion, chopped; 2 - strips celery, chopped; 2 - tomatoes, chopped; - ground pepper (optional)

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Liz D.

Annapolis, MD

Updated on May 6, 2019

This is my great aunt's recipe. Every holiday, she would send a jar of this to our house because she knew I liked it so much! Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I ate the whole jar! Thank you, Aunt Pauline :)

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Macaroni salad with extra tomatoes sprinkled on top.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This macaroni salad recipe deserves a spot on your cookout menu. Liz uses melted cheese to make the pasta extra creamy. Dill pickle juice and pickles give lots of flavor to the recipe. Start with a little juice and continue to add as you go until it suits your taste. The salad also has fresh diced tomato, crunchy celery, a little bit of onion and hard-boiled eggs. It definitely leans towards a dill pickle macaroni salad. This creamy macaroni salad will be great on your summer table.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time

method Stove Top

yield A lot

Ingredients

1 pound elbow macaroni, sometimes I use small shells or rotini
6-7 slices Velveeta cheese
1/2-3/4 cup dill pickle juice
3-4 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
9 - hard boiled eggs, chopped
2-4 - dill pickles, chopped (I usually use 4 pickles but you can add less depending on your taste preference)
1/4 - onion, chopped
2 - strips celery, chopped
2 - tomatoes, chopped
- ground pepper (optional)

How To Make macaroni salad

Step 1

Cook macaroni according to the package. Drain when cooked.

Step 2

While macaroni and eggs are cooking, chop the pickles, onion, celery, and tomatoes.
Step 3

Melt cheese over macaroni. Set aside.
Step 4

Mix pickle juice, mayonnaise, and mustard.
Step 5

Pour over macaroni.
Step 6

Once eggs are hard-boiled, peel and chop.
Step 7

Add eggs, pickles, onion, celery, and tomatoes to macaroni. It's ok to add the eggs while they're warm.
Step 8

Mix everything together.
Step 9

Depending on your preference for the texture, you may want to add more mayonnaise. I also add ground pepper to mine.
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