Name: Easy Macaroni Salad: Classic Summer Potluck Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 3 cups of elbow macaroni or mini penne; 1 cup diced carrots; 1 cup diced celery; 1/2 cup Diced Onion; 1 cup Miracle Whip or mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons of mustard; 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper; 2 teaspoons Sugar; 6 hard boiled eggs; Paprika to garnish (optional)

Need a great side dish to bring to your next summer potluck or backyard barbecue with friends? This Easy Macaroni Salad recipe is a classic crowd pleaser!

When you think of a summer potluck or barbecue, how many of you immediately think of Easy Macaroni Salad? With chopped carrots, celery and onions in a creamy sauce, it’s a classic pasta side dish sure to please everyone.

Easy Macaroni Salad: Classic Summer Potluck Recipe - Kenarry.com

In the United States, summers are filled with backyard barbecues, family potlucks and picnics with friends. Wherever you find a large group of Americans gathered for a summer-time meal, you’ll often find someone has brought an Easy Macaroni Salad. It’s an old fashioned side dish made from affordable ingredients. It doesn’t take long to prepare and can be made well in advance of your party. Easy Macaroni Salad can stay in a cooler or refrigerator while you play bocce ball, bean bag toss, gab with friends — or in my case — chase kids until it’s time for food to be served.

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kitchen tools needed:

ingredients needed:

Elbow macaroni or mini penne
Carrots
Celery
Onion
Miracle Whip or mayonnaise
Mustard
Garlic powder
Salt
Black pepper
Sugar
Hard boiled eggs
Paprika

Serving Suggestions for Easy Macaroni Salad

We served Easy Macaroni Salad alongside Meatloaf Burgers we grilled over an open fire. It would also be great as a side dish when you’re having steaks, hot dogs, bratwurst, smoked sausage or barbecued chicken. Next week, we’re bringing Easy Macaroni Salad as our “dish to pass” for The Great American Barbecue, a virtual potluck hosted by 13 fabulous bloggers. The Great American Barbecue has everything you need from drinks to dessert for the perfect BBQ!

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Easy Macaroni Salad: Classic Summer Potluck Recipe

Need a great side dish to bring to your next summer potluck or backyard barbecue with friends? This Easy Macaroni Salad recipe is a classic crowd pleaser!

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time25 mins

Course: Salad / Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: macaroni salad, pasta salad

Servings:

Calories: 250.41kcal

Author: Carrie Ypma

Ingredients

3 cups of elbow macaroni or mini penne
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup Diced Onion
1 cup Miracle Whip or mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of mustard
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
2 teaspoons Sugar
6 hard boiled eggs
Paprika to garnish optional

Instructions

Fill a large pan with water and bring to a boil. Add 3 cups of macaroni or mini penne. Cook for 10 minutes.
Drain the macaroni or mini penne in a colander and rinse with very cold water.
Dice carrots, celery and onion. Onion should be finely chopped. You want the flavor, but not large chunks.
In a large mixing bowl, combine Miracle Whip or mayonnaise, mustard, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and sugar.
Add the carrot, celery and onion into the large mixing bowl and stir.
Peel the hard boiled eggs. Carefully slice two of them and set aside. Chop the remaining four eggs and add to the mixing bowl.
Pour macaroni or mini penne into the mixing bowl and stir until the macaroni is well coated.
Transfer the macaroni salad into a serving dish.
Place sliced eggs on top and sprinkle with paprika if desired.
Cover and refrigerate until you’re ready to serve. Enjoy!