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Justin's Macaroni Salad

SUBMITTED BY: Justin Kempski

"It's an easy 20 minute thing! Great for those fun days out! A superb blend of celery, green bell peppers, olives, and Vidalia onions! Yum!"

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	10 Min
READY IN	30 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
1 cup creamy salad dressing
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 stalks celery, chopped
1 (6 ounce) can pitted black olives, chopped
1/2 cup chopped Vidalia onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
salt and ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
In a medium bowl, blend creamy salad dressing, cider vinegar, and milk.
In a large bowl, mix the cooked macaroni, celery, olives, Vidalia onion, and green bell pepper. Toss with the creamy salad dressing mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill until serving.

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Reviewed on Feb. 2, 2006 by TUNISIANSWIFE

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TUNISIANSWIFE
Feb. 2, 2006

First I should say that I am not really the one to be rating mac salad, as I am not a fan of it. Surprisingly, this is one of the few American dishes that my husband loves, and when I saw there were olives in this(family owns olive orchards), I knew I had to make it for him. I followed the recipe to the 't'..down to measuring w/measuring cups. The only subs I made were red onion instead of vidallia (for color) and used both green and black olives. I also had half of a cucumber left over from some cuke sauce so I finely chopped the half small cuke and added that. I thought I had written the recipe down wrong and had omitted eggs. I have never made mac salad w/o eggs before but did not miss them. My husband loved this and I too, liked it very much. It was not real sweet, which is my problem w/liking mac salad....(that darned ole' sweet pickle relish). There was a nice balance of vegetable flavor; one was not too overpowering of the other. I added salt at the end because our olives come from hubby's family and are pretty heavily brined. This is the salad I will make from now on.

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First I should say that I am not really the one to be rating mac salad, as I am not a fan of... MORE

Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2003 by WATRQ

classic and good--you have to use mayonnaise, though, none of that whip stuff.... MORE

Reviewed on Sep. 6, 2003 by CHERI DUFFEE

This was easy, fast & delicious. I used fat free mayo. I didn't have any celery so I used... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 20, 2006 by jenntib

This salad was a winner at my last party. It is light and different. I hate macaroni salad... MORE

Reviewed on Sep. 8, 2003 by KAKBIRD

Even though I have always hated the creamy salad dressing, I used it in this recipe and it was... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 30, 2006 by BJMADALA

My husband too LOVES Olives! I used bottled Casear Dressing instead of making as stated... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2006 by CINDY18LOU

Delish! Didnt have celery, so I used celery salt, added dill weed, pimentos, couple pinches of... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 28, 2004 by Bernadette

delicious MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 6, 2004 by Katie

Pretty good stuff. I don't like celery so I just added more peppers and it came out quite well. MORE

Reviewed on Jul. 3, 2006 by TRIPLEJ28

Great macaroni salad-just like Mom used to make. I subbed peppercini for the bell pepper, and... MORE

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