![]() ![]() It tastes like it is mass-produced because it is! Yuck. Have you ever tried the macaroni salads that they sell in the deli section at your grocery store? They’re over-slathered with a thick mayonnaise dressing, and the flavor is just not there. It needs to be devoured so I’m not tempted by a large bowl of leftovers! What makes this the best macaroni salad? Since that’s not such a good thing, I like to make this salad when we have company coming over. I could seriously eat loads and loads of this stuff. Chopped hard-boiled eggs are folded in at the end. I mix in a small amount of chopped celery and green onions. I toss my macaroni salad with a mixture of mayo, mustard and onion powder. I suppose you could use small elbows too, but I personally love the little guys. You must begin with the small noodles with the hole in the middle (otherwise known as ditalini). ![]() I don’t want anything fancy in my macaroni salad, so the simplest version works best for me. Watch the video showing you how to make this recipe, then scroll to the bottom of this post to print out the complete recipe and make it at home.įor as long as I can remember, my mother has been making a similar version of this simple, classic macaroni salad recipe. ![]() This is a great, classic macaroni salad recipe. He requested that I make one over the weekend and I thought I should share it with y’all too because I haven’t done that yet.Everyone needs this Old Fashioned Macaroni Salad recipe on hand to make for barbecues and potlucks. This particular mayonnaise salad also happens to be one of my husband’s favorites. I’ve mentioned before that I think using mayonnaise was so popular because that is what was available, there weren’t the many varieties of salad dressings that we have available today. Mayonnaise was a popular “dressing” back then and you’ll find it in many old school recipes such as classic pea salad, pear salad, pineapple salad and Waldorf salad. I honestly don’t know if this was just a Southern thing or not but I know many Southern folks grew up eating this mayonnaise based salad. The basic recipe is quite simple and you’ll find slight variations such as the addition of onion or a boiled egg. This old fashioned recipe is many decades old and I recall my mother making it when I was growing up. ![]() In this post I’m sharing a vintage recipe for Lettuce and Tomato Salad with Mayo. ![]()
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