PICNIC PERFECT MACARONI SALAD!! JUST IN TIME FOR 4TH OF JULY!!

Summer is upon us and back yard BBQs, parties and potlucks are coming with it! The perfect time to get together with family and friends, after a long year of waiting. Since the 4th of July is right around the corner I wanted to take a couple of weeks and focus on delicious, picnic perfect salads and take alongs that are just right for all of these events. Everyone will love this savory macaroni salad that is chock full of veggies and a sweet and tangy dressing that is very reminiscent of a deli style macaroni salad or Amish macaroni salad. This is so easy to toss together and since it makes a lot, it's perfect for feeding a crowd! So fire up the grill and let's get going!

This macaroni salad is just super traditional. It has familiar flavors and old fashioned goodness. Sweet, but not too sweet. Tangy but not too tangy. Savory and full of crunchy veggies. This one aims to please even the pickiest macaroni salad afficianado. This can be made a few days in advance and will only get better. I would recommend keeping this under refrigeration and if carrying to an outdoor event, be sure to have a bowl of ice to set your serving bowl into so you can keep things nice and cool and safe for eating. Nothing spoils a party more than a bout of food poisoning.

This starts with one 12 ounce box of elbow macaroni, but you can use shells or whatever is your preferred small pasta. The macaroni should be cooked to "al dente" with just a bit of chew left in it and it should not be mushy. Upon draining, simply start running the cold water and then toss in a cup full of ice cubes and give everything a toss under the running water. This will help to quickly cool the macaroni and get it salad ready for the next step.

I like to mix up the dressing first and that includes mayonnaise, sour cream, which I know is not a usual ingredient but it keeps things nice and creamy. Some sugar, sweet pickle relish, prepared yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper, onion powder and celery seed round things out. This gets all whisked together and set aside.

While your macaroni is cooking, set to chopping all your salad fixings. Mine includes, hard boiled eggs, onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper and onion. All of these combined together with the macaroni and dressing make for a familiar and comforting salad that everyone is going to enjoy.

Once all your components are ready, just toss them all together, give them a stir and pour over the dressing. This salad will stay nice and moist. If you plan on making this a few days in advance be sure to save out about 1/4 of the dressing to pour over just before serving to freshen it up. The macaroni will absorb some of the moisture from the dressing and can possibly be a little on the dry side. The saved dressing can help to moisten things up a bit.

This salad hearkens back to the good old days. Maybe your grandmother or your mom made something similar. This may take you on a trip down memory lane. One thing is for certain, that this is going to make you and yours very happy because it is so delicious!

I hope you give this picnic perfect macaroni salad a try sometime soon and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

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