#Simple old fashioned macaroni salad how to#

#Simple old fashioned macaroni salad how to#

How to Make the Best Creamy Macaroni Salad RecipeĬooking the macaroni correctly is essential to a good mac salad.

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

I use ditalini (these extra short tubes) but classic shells or elbow macaroni works great too. This recipe is list is short but fresh and full of flavor. Like many of my favorite classics, I found the base of this recipe in a recipe collection of one of my grandmother’s. I really do love this salad but I’m going to defer to my husband on this one, who as a self-proclaimed macaroni salad connoisseur did attest, “Honey, this is still the best macaroni salad I’ve had. And the pasta is neither clumpy nor starchy, but smooth and satisfying with every bite. It’s dressed just right with a tangy but light mayo dressing. First off, it’s homemade-toss the box! It’s simple but well-seasoned. You’ve been there.īut, this old-fashioned macaroni salad from scratch is everything those others were not. There’s nothing worse than that acrid taste of fake mayo macaroni salad. They were either too dry, too plain, or too heavily loaded with a goopy, flavorless mayo dressing that coated the macaroni like oil on a dipstick and likely came from a pre-packaged box from the deli counter-yes! That stuff usually comes from a box! The reason being is that every time I tried one, it was never a good one. While I’ve always been a fan of potato salad ( my mom’s potato salad recipe is THE BEST!) it’s taken me years to come around to macaroni salad.

While some might look at this macaroni salad recipe and think it’s too simple (where’s the twist? what makes it special? shouldn’t it be harder than this?) that’s exactly why it’s a time-proven favorite.

Sometimes you just don’t mess around with the classics. Nothing says summertime eating like a serving of the best, classic, old-fashioned, creamy macaroni salad with eggs and crisp vegetables dressed in a simple and creamy but still light mayonnaise dressing for any picnic, potluck, or barbecue.