Need a yummy recipe for an all-day tailgate or just want an easy side dish to go with your turkey burgers or hot dogs?? Umm this macaroni salad is my all time FAVORITE! I seriously love, love, looove it!! I know summer is sadly over {tear} but you can have macaroni salad any ole' time!
How delicious does that look??
I got this super delicious recipe from my dear friend Katie who brought it to cookout we had over the summer. It was such a hit the entire dish was GONE in under an hour {and I'm pretty sure she doubled the recipe}! Yep it was that good so I seriously suggest you try it. I decided to lighten this dish up by using Dreamfields Pasta which is a healthy {and delicious} low-carb pasta, used light mayo and substituted the sugar for Truvia, a zero calorie sweetener. I think it turned out pretty good!
{Hehe I threw in a few leaves so I could justify this summer recipe...sneaky sneaky}
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Servings: 10
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 311
Fat: 15 g
Carbs: 37 g
Fiber: 2.8 g
Protein: 6.8 g
Old Points: 6.9 pts
Points+: 8 pts
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Here are your ingredients:
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes
1 box Dreamfields macaroni
1 cup light mayonnaise
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
2 1/2 Tbsp Truvia (or 2/3 cup white sugar)
2 1/2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain.
In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, Truvia (or sugar), mustard, salt and pepper. Stir in the onion, celery, green pepper and macaroni. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, but preferably over night. Enjoy!
So I definitely plan on bringing this, along with my highly requested corn dip {duhh!}, to our next Redskins tailgate. Of course I can't forget some zero calorie lemonade and Skinny Firefly, yummm!
Cheers friends!!
41 lovely comments:
I love a good macaroni salad! This sounds wonderful.
We have season tix to redskins games too!! With Hightower n moss out its not looking promising!
Going to give this recipe to my mom so she can bring something that's a hit...for once.
Yum! I love macaroni salad and I really think that it is so underrated! I think this salad will be the perfect addition to my next tailgate! Thanks for sharing!
Okay, I don't like "salads" (potato, macaroni, etc) but I like making them. Is that weird? I'll be busting this out for the Mr and maybe get some low carb pasta so a few diabetic family members can partake with less spikes to worry about.
Kelly... I read this post, had all the ingredients, and decided to make it! It's in the fridge chilling, but obviously I had to sneak a taste to make sure the flavours were right! Definitely a simple, tasty recipe and I'm anxious to see how the flavours develop as it chills! Great post!
Haha Sarah that's awesome!! Let me know how you like it, so glad you had everything already on hand! :)
Isn't this funny? I haven't had macaroni in such a long time. Too busy making macarons and should change that last letter to have this tasty salad, Kelly. Glad to hear you're feeling better again!
Yum, I have a serious weakness for macaroni salad, I must try this
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Love the picture of you! ;) This sounds really good, but my mom had this recipe that will forever be the one and only for me! I looove macaroni salad...
I am in love with your blog. You are so cute and your pics are to die for!
Aww thank you SO much Lindsay! I love your blog as well! xoxo
Macaroni salad is one of my fav side dishes!! Sounds yummy!
and that last pic of you is so pretty !!
I love pasta salad. It's one of my all time favorites from a cookout!
This looks so yummy and your pictures are fantastic!
It is a classic! It sounds great from the ingredients and looks even better.
I love red onions. They not only taste better, but they're so pretty!
YUMMM. I love mac salad! Also, I didn't know there was a skinny firefly!!! Amazing news :)
So I used to live in Hawaii and we theres something called a "plate lunch"..protien, rice and...mac salad! I kid you not, it's a staple in Hawaii and sooo good! So when I saw this post, I honestly automatically thought of home, Hawaii! haha
Looks delicious! Your pics are so beautiful!
I have not had this type salad in ages-this is a delicious reminder of how good it can be! Thanks for sharing-great pics.
You are such a cutie pie. This salad is perfect tailgate food!
This brings me back to my childhood. This was a staple in my house. LOVE!
This is a staple at most potlucks and get together in the midwest. Great recipe!
I love a good pasta salad! Who says it has to be saved for summer time?? I'm making this one soon!
great recipe and photos
Macaroni salad looks good! So...you're a Redskins fan? Maybe you're in my neck of the woods.
I can see why this macaroni salad was gone so quickly! It looks so yummy!
Delicious! I love macaroni salad and...but there are so many delicious varieties it's always good to have more than one "go to" recipe!
We seldom have macaroni at home, you know for us its all about rice but sure I can't stop admiring this lovely recipe.
Ok Kelly... After thorougly chilling in the fridge, I have decided the macaroni salad is good! However, I'm going to elaborate on the subject because my husband had a few select words to say on the matter. It's crucial for me to explain that I'm from Iowa and my hubby is from England! The first words out of his mouth were 'Why are you American's so obsessed with vinegary salads?! Why can't you just make creamy, tasty salads without the zing?!' Suffice to say, he didn't like the vinegar aspect of the recipe and the dijon mustard here in England is way stronger than what we have in America. I like it as is, but since I'm the American, I guess that's ok! Lol! Next time I'll have to reduce the vinegar and dijon a bit in order to please the hubby but I enjoyed it! I'm finishing the rest today for my lunch!
How pretty! Mmm, I love macaroni salad, and this really makes me miss summer. Love your sneaky leaf trick. :)
Kelly, there is nothing like a good macaroni salad and this one looks great! thanks for sharing. And guess who is coming to my city this weekend. The Redskins! Woohoo!!
Oh, this looks great...and who could object to scaled down calories???
I adore how colorful this macaroni salad!!!
I loooove macaroni salad, no matter what time of year. I like the vinegar in this one...must lighten it up a lot.
And, I just took a quick peek at that corn dip. Hello! Perfect for pre-game partying!
I love it. This recipe was printed and put into a file sleeve for the kitchen. You are too cute!
Love the recipe....what's in a Skinny Firefly? I followed the link to the Firefly website but didn't see any information on the 'skinny'. Thanks.
PS Love that you include WW Points Plus info.
this looks delicious! my kids love macaroni salad, I'll have to give it a try.
This is fantastic! I adore pasta salad so I love a recipe that is healthier. I refuse to let summer go, it's still decently warm here so I can pretend! :)
Hi everyone,
I cooked this recipe yesterday night using Spanish cheese as it was the only one I had at home and I didn´t have time to go on shopping, it was delicious though, I think it improved the whole thing, why don´t you try it too, I´m sure it´ll be worthy, just have a look at this website and let me know what do you think,
Kind regards
Ana
http://www.asturiascheese.com/spanish-cheese
I've just discovered your blog and can't wait to try out your recipes!
This one in particular looks delicious. However, I don't have Truvia so will be using sugar - surely 2/3 CUP of sugar isn't right?? Was that a typo? Did you mean 2/3 Tablespoon?
just discovered your blog - and i find in this post you are a redskins fan YAY! I live in FL so its hard to find true skins fans :( Go food and football!
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