Cherie's Kitchen Counter: Macaroni Salad

Good evening there folks and my fellow readers! Tonight, I am bringing you the first of one of my recipes. This is a very simple & easy recipe that was passed down from my Mama. Everything I make is simple and easy because well I hate cooking so trust me if I can do it – you can do it. No matter how much you hate the kitchen or the kitchen hates you. This recipe is a perfect side dish for a picnic. I doubled the batch to make sure I had enough; you know picnics even with RSVPs are always hard to guess attendance.



Cherie's Macaroni Salad



What You’ll Need:

A large cooking pot

A large container for the macaroni to cool & mix other ingredients in

A mixing spoon

Ingredients:

8 oz. macaroni (I used a whole box since I was doubling recipe)

1 Tbsp. salt (I did not measure)

3 qt. water (or estimate, I did not measure)

½ c. chopped celery

¾ c. salad dressing (as a healthy alternative, I used Kraft’s Mayo w/Olive Oil)

2 Tbsp. mustard (if you do not have mustard, you can use mustard powder as a substitute, but I recommend not putting 2 tablespoons in)

¼ tsp. onion salt

½ c. chopped carrots

3 hard boiled eggs (I used 6 for doubling purposes)

Total Cooking Time:  30 minutes

Cook macaroni and salt in large cooking pot for about 11 minutes or until macaroni is al dente. Drain and cool the macaroni. I let the macaroni cool in the large container overnight and mixed the rest the next day. Add the remainder of the ingredients (doubling if you want) in no particular order.

I also used shredded carrot sticks instead of chopped carrots just because that is what I had. And I did not measure celery but I just kept adding until it had the amount I wanted. This time around I put too much in – so next time I won’t put too much in. But unfortunately you can’t just buy one stalk of celery in the grocery store.

Do you have a recipe you'd like to share with me? I'll be sharing more throughout this blog. I'm working on a very special post for Tuesday, I hope you will like! It is a very personal one and I think it will take you into a deeper side of Cherie.