Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2011

I know this recipe calls for sweet pickle juice, but I also added some sweet relish because I love it. I thought it was sort of weird to use mayo with Miricle Whip (creamy salad dressing), but they both do have distinctive flavors. Just never would have thought to mix them. I also added some black forest ham chopped up which gave a really nice flavor. Also, honey baked ham works good too. I love corn, but I really just didn't want it in my mac salad. I added a couple of boiled eggs instead. I used smoky paprika which imparted a really nice flavor to me. Now that I think about it, I basically made this the way I make my potato salad except it has mustard in it. Make sure to salt your water when cooking your pasta because you only really get the one chance to get the salt into the pasta. It has a better flavor than adding salt on top of the cooked noodles to me.

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mizjmassie

Reviewed: May 12, 2011

Well, call me Clueless! I assumed "creamy salad dressing" meant bottled salad dressing (*blush*), so I used Hidden Valley Ranch & it was delicious! Also used dill pickle juice (hubby hates sweet) and chopped a few pickles to add as well. Really good recipe, thank you!

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AFWife88

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Spokane, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2010

This recipe is clear where to add the creamy dressing. I'm assuming in with the mayo, but it should be edited.

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Sully

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Hull, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2008

This is our most favorite macaroni salad recipe ever. Every time I asked my husband what kind of salad he wanted he always requested this one. The recipe calls for pickle juice, I actually cut up a few pickles and added them to give it an extra crunch.

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Kitty

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2008

Reviewer asking reference for "creamy salad dressing" - the original post of this recipe named brand "Miracle Whip" as the creamy salad dressing.

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Anne

Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2007

This recipe was good but I wasn't sure what kind of creamy salad dressing she used in her recipe. Does anyone know or have a suggestion?

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DONNAMA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Green Lake, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2005

It was just a macaroni salad - don't see what was extraordinary about it. The corn may "be the key" but I hardly noticed it being there. Made as is, except I used regular onion since I didn't have green onions, and only had dill pickles so used that juice (which didn't do anything for tanging it up). NOTE: I made this again and am upping it to a 4. I guess I thought better of it second time around. I didn't note that I wasn't sure what "creamy salad dressing" was, and the first time I used Marzetti's and second time Miracle Whip, and I had the green onion this time. I really love Marzetti's, so I'm going to assume I was just more in the mood for this this time. (Though I still didn't notice the corn.)

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Erimess

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2005

This is my new fav.

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SEE NU

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: May 16, 2005

Refreshing! Had to make some minor adjustments to use what I had on hand. Only 2 eggs (I think more would be better), celery seed (no celery), onions and chives (no green onion), red wine vinegar (no pickle juice). Doh, forgot the paprika! But it still got a great response, despite the tweaking.

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BARNKITTY

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2004

I made this for my husband and his work potluck yesterday. It got rave reviews. The only thing I changed was to add a few sweet pickles, chopped up into it. I will definitely make this one again.

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