Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2009

This is the best macaroni salad I have ever had! My husband absolutely loves it and he is my biggest critic for sure! The only suggestion I would make is that you use the real bacon bits you buy in the store, not only because it is easier, but they have a softer texture that goes with the other textures better. Love it, Love it, Love it!

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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009

I have never been much of a "mac salad" person. But anything with bacon has got to be good, so I tried this one with a small modification. I used whole grape tomatoes instead of diced tomatoes. I love the sweet taste, and for my guest, if they didn't like tomatoes (which I knew of a few who didn't) they could easily remove them. Now every time we have a family get together, I bring the macaroni salad.

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Chris K.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Saranac, New York, USA

Living In: Harker Heights, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2009

The best macaroni salad I've ever had! I had to omit the olives (my sister can't stand them) this made me sad because I LOVE olives. So I came up with a perfect comprimise and used capers. It worked perfectly and everyone loved the macaroni salad!

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Nessa

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

I thought this was such a great tasting recipe. I followed the directions exactly and it turned out great. I have gotten rave reviews from everyone that has had it. I love the bacon.

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2009

This salad was great! Added a little bit of extra sugar. Delicious, will make again.

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Jess

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2009

This is a wondeful salad you can change it around any way you like to suit your tastes used a package of ranch dressing whisked with the mayonaise,cut the sugar to 2 Tbl and it was wonderful Loved the olives & cukes Thank you

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tina

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2009

Very tasty macaroni salad. I omitted the green olives because none of us likes them and I used dijon mustard instead of yellow. I also added about four or five diced green onions. This makes a ton, if you don't feed an army(or my husband), you might want to scale it back. I would omit the sugar next time.

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tat2whttrsh aka Lambchop's Mom

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Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

A great salad base. Changed out a few things - green pepper and black olives for the cuke as I have people who dont eat cukes. The dressing is delish, tastes like the old time mayo my grandmother used to make. It tastes sweet when you make it but once it is on the salad, the sweetness dissapates. Hubs even eats this and he is not a big salad fan. Thanks for a great recipe!

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SHERLIE

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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2009

I made a few blunders in preparing this salad that I will reapproach next time around - but I think the recipe has a lot of potential. I would reduce the amount of sugar, perhaps 2 tbsp at the most, we all agreed this was too sweet for our taste. Also, I initially balked at the thought of using a pound of bacon, but now would definitely use the whole pound as the 1/2 pound didn't come through enough. I would take out the cukes as well - we thought the water released from them gave this salad a strange taste that I did not enjoy. Look forward to trying it again and the green olives at the end... yum.

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Jason

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Living In: New Hartford, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2009

I made this salad as a main course for dinner with a few chicken strips served over lettuce. It was PERFECT. My family said it's the best pasta salad they've ever had, and it was easy to make to boot. Since it was my main course, I used big noodles (ziti) instead of the elbows. Also just a few changes due to personal preference: 86'd the olives and tomatoes, added one medium chopped onion. No sour cream, since I didn't have any in the house, so I used some extra mayo and some ranch to make up for it. Also added some dill, because I love dill. It makes a TON, but it's so good we will surely have it finished off by the end of the week!

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Sara

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Home Town: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Living In: Clearwater, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2009

This was better the second day. I left off the olives too, personal choice. I will make this again!

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Amie

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Home Town: Gadsden, Alabama, USA

Living In: Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2009

This Bacon and Macaroni Salad recipe we will be using all summer long for picnics & parties. The first time we made this i left the chopped tomato & cucumber on the side so you could add how much your personal preference was. The next time we made this we mixed all the ingredients together ( except the green olives, we didn't have any ) and added paprika to the top. I would like to try this recipe with black olives. We served the salad on lettuce leaves and people were cutting the lettuce and eating that right with the salad. We will be using this recipe alot , so we will get many chances to try different twist. Thanks for the cool recipe!

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STARAJOY

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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2009

Loved this salad. I only made half a recipe with just a few changes. I reduced the sugar to just a tablespoon for the diabetics in my guest list. I usded white balsamic vinegar to put back some of the sweetness. I also used those tiny grape tomatoes cut in half and didn't bother with cutting out the seeds (much fast prep work). I made this salad the day before without the tomatoes and bacon. On the day of the dinner, I tossed in the grape tomato halves and served the salad out of an oblong glass baking dish using the crisp bacon (that I fried up that day) on top as a garnish. This way the bacon didn't get soft and soggy, and yet every bite had bacon in it because the salad was spread out in the oblong baking dish rather than heaped into a deep dish.

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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2009

One of the best macaroni salads I've ever eaten! Love the olives in it.

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Reviewed: May 30, 2009

This recipe was good.. nice texture and flavor. I only gave it 3 stars because I made adjustments to the original recipe.To me the 4 or 5 star should be reserved for those recipes that are truly delicious without having to make extensive changes. Anyways... I made this for a Memorial Day barbeque and halfed the entire recipe because there were just 6 of us. This made plenty for our small group. I cut back on the sugar, vinegar and mustard (as others had suggested) and prepared the recipe the night before in order to give the flavors a chance to fully develop. I expected that I might need make a little more of the mayonaise mixture to add the next day to give the salad a more creamy texture and I was right. Even after this addition, I still felt that it was missing something so, just before serving, I added some fresh dill - this seemed to help. The basic recipe is a good concept so I will most likely try this again and experiment different ingredients.

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Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2009

I made this today and I have to say I have really enjoyed it. I cut up the bacon first with scissors which made it easier to cook and less work. I used cucumber, celery, green onion and marble cheddar cheese. I cubed the cheese and the veggies I cut up to bite sized pieces. I took the advice of some other reviewers and cut back on the amount of dressing and halved the sugar I put in. I enjoyed the recipe and its a good summer lunch item. I also think it would taste good with chicken in it as well. Thanks for the recipe

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pais

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Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2009

Very good. I cut the sugar and vinegar in half because it seemed like an awful lot of sugar to me. It was still slightly sweet and tangy which I like. You probably won't need to use all of the dressing. I used about 2/3 of it and it was plenty. Tasted better on the day it's made. Leftovers weren't as good. I'll make this again though.

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Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2009

Very flavorful. I used pre-cooked bacon to save time and mess. Party goers wanted this recipe!

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

Absolutely delicioso.

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Edwin H. Kluge Jr.

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Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2008

Yummy! I only had the cucumber and used celery seed as suggested by another reviewer and it is still amazing! It is so fast and easy..definitely my new potluck dish.

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