summer macaroni salad
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This is the best macaroni salad I have ever eaten! Not too goopey, light and fresh. Lots of veggies, great textures and it"s colorful too. Looks as yummy as it tastes.
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Ingredients For summer macaroni salad
- SALAD
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1 boxelbow macaroni, cooked and cooled (16 oz)
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1 ccelery, diced
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1/2 cred onion, diced
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1/2 ccucumber, peeled and diced
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1/2 cyellow summer squash, diced
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1/2 cgreen bell pepper, diced
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1 1/2 ccherry tomatoes, halved
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1 cansliced black olives, drained
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4 ozsharp cheddar cheese, diced
- DRESSING
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4 Tbspapple cider vinegar
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1 creal mayonaise
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1/3 csour cream
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1 Tbspsugar
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1 1/2 tspdry mustard
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1 1/2 Tbspparsley, fresh, chopped
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2 tspchives, dried
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1/2 tspdried tarragon
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salt and pepper to taste
How To Make summer macaroni salad
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1Pour vinegar over onions in a small bowl. Let sit while you dice and prep remaining vegetables
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2Put all remaining salad ingredients in a large bowl, toss
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3Take onion out of vinegar and toss with remaining salad ingredients. Mix remaining dressing ingredients with vinegar and stir well. Set aside 1/3 of dressing. Pour remaining dressing on salad and stir to coat.
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4Store in refrigerator overnight. Pour on remaining dressing just before serving. Stir to coat.
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