Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2007

Well, I am being generous with a 4 as I had to really tweak this recipe. I loved using both sour cream and mayo, however, I cut the macaroni to half and I still had to add more mayo/sour cream. I cannot imagine using the full 16 oz of macaroni! I omitted the olives and carrots. Thanks for the post.

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Butterfly Flutterby

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Kingsport, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2006

Great flavour, but I agree with other reviewers who recommend either decreasing the pasta to 12oz or increasing the sauce ingredients by half to get a better consistency. Will definitely make it again.

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Tara

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2006

As suggested by HEBH I also made some modifications. I doubled the amount of mayonaise and sour cream. In addition to the ground mustard I added dijon mustard (2 tsp.). I doubled the amount of sweet pickle juice. I added probably about a cup of chopped sweet pickles. I omitted the pimento-stuffed green olives. I also subsituted a red bell for a green bell pepper. I added a tbsp or two of honey. Yummmmmmmmmmm.

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AMRAAMONE

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2006

Liked the recipe, good base to start from. I added more mayo, more mustard, some honey, some hotsauce and only did 1 tbsp of celery seeds, instead of two. Good, good!

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SUUP

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2006

Excellent recipe. I had finished making the salad and when I tasted it, I wonder why it didn't have a kick to it. I had forgotten to add the pickle juice. Once I did that, it was totally awesome. Thanks for the recipe.

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Colette

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bronx, New York, USA

Living In: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2006

A great place to start! As prior suggestions I was generous with my mayo/sour cream measurements. The dried mustard didn't offer enough flavor so I also added 1T dijon mustard. Instead of pickle juice I added 1T lemon juice and 1T apple cider vinegar. I used sweet relish instead of pickle. After tasting I felt it needed a little sweetener so I added 1T honey. I used red pepper because I prefer it to green pepper and it really added to the variety of colors. I did not have celery seed so I omitted. This was delicious. My husband loved it and he is a macaroni salad lover! I was so worried he wouldn't care for it and he just loved it! Thank you.

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HEBH

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2005

This was excellent. I read the reviews before making so I did 1 1/2 times the dressing. The only thing I changed was I added sweet relish. It was a hit and I have been asked to make it again and again.

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NELSONK4

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2005

I rate this salad excellent for once a salad with all natural more healthly taste. My sister who expecting really like it and so did the baby. She stated oh he likes that you could see him moving around. I suggest this salad recipe to anyone.

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Carol

Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2005

I can't rate this yet because I didn't like what I did. I used large elbow macaroni (that was all I had) and it was much too starchy. I nearly doubled the wet ingredients and still a little dry (and starchy). Unless you are having a party for a least ten big eaters I would at least half this recipe. I have a family of four and even though I 1/2 this it will be enough for at least 3 meals. I'm excited to try again w/ small elbow mac. Thanks!

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KELLYCLARK22

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lakewood, Washington, USA

Living In: Fircrest, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2005

Very, very good stuff! Instead of increasing the dressing ingredients I just used 12oz. of macaroni...perfect! There was still enough to feed a small army! I used 3 eggs and a yellow bell pepper since that is what I had on hand and it was a hit...thanks!

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