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Easy Macaroni Salad

Easy Macaroni Salad

Make a super quick and easy Macaroni Salad, this can be made gluten-free too and with the Ninja Foodi also, perfect picnic salad recipe.

Author: Mommy Hates Cooking

Meal Type: Salad

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 16 serving

Calories: 191 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 16 ounce - Elbow Macaroni Pasta or Gluten-Free Pasta
  • 1 Cup - Real Mayonnaise
  • ¼ Cups - White Vinegar
  • ⅓ Cups - Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Tbsps - Sweet Relish
  • 2 Tbsps - Yellow Mustard
  • Dash - Black Pepper
  • ¼ Cups - White Onion
  • 2 Stalks - Celery
  • 1 - Green Bell Pepper
  • 1 - Red Bell Pepper
  • ¼ Cups - Bacon

Instructions

  1. If you prefer to cook the pasta in the Ninja Foodi, please see the notes section for instructions. Begin by boiling the pasta per the box instructions.
  2. Drain the pasta with cold water to cool the pasta down.
  3. While the pasta is cooking, combine the mayo, vinegar, sugar, relish, mustard, and pepper in a small bowl to make the dressing. Whisk this well.
  4. Once the pasta is fully cooked and drained, add the pasta to a large bowl with the onion, celery, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and bacon (optional).
  5. Once in the large bowl, add the dressing mixture and mix this up well, fully coating the pasta.
  6. Cover and place in the fridge to chill for at least 4 hours or overnight. The longer it chills the better it is.
  7. Serve cold, this ends up being enough for roughly 16 people with a side dish style serving size.

Nutrition

Energy: 191 kcal | Total Fat: 13 g | Saturated: 2 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 0 g | Cholesterol: 11 mg | Total Carbs: 17 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 5 g | Proteins: 2 g | Sodium: 194 mg | Polyunsaturated: 7 g | Monounsaturated: 3 g

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