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Macaroni Salad

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This is a simple but good picnic salad. My family makes it for cookouts all of the time and it is one of the first things to go.

Yield: 8 Servings Ready in 30 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: macaroni|macaroni|

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 8 Servings
1 boxDitalini Pasta; 1lb cooked
1 smallcubes
1 sweet onion; minced
1 smallcubes; 8oz.
1 candark red kidney beans; drained and rinsed
1/3 cupmayonaise
salt; to taste
pepper; to taste

Macaroni Salad Preparation

Boil the pasta according to the box directions (till al dente).

While the pasta is cooking mince the onion and cut the green bell pepper, and cheddar cheese into small cubes. Put the onion, green pepper, cheddar cheese, and the rinsed can of dark red kidney beans into a mixing bowl.

Rinse the pasta noodles in cold water to cool them quickly. Once the noodles are cooled and drained pour them into the mixing bowl.

Add the mayonaise to the mixture (add more or less mayonaise depending on your taste).Stir until the ingredients are equally distributed. Salt and pepper to tast and mix once more.

The salad is best cool so place it in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes. If the salad gets dried out before serving add more mayonaise.

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Calories Per Serving: 184
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Macaroni Salad Reviews

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What is 1 small cube? The recipe doesn't say.
1 years, 10 months, 6 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes ago
Do not over cook your noodels. Serve the salad cold. When cutting the bell pepper,cheese and the onion cut them into SMALL cubes. [I posted this recipe.]
2 years, 12 months, 2 days, 1 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Pasta
  2. salad
  3. Picnic
  4. Cheese
  5. bell pepper
  6. Beans
  7. American

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