Macaroni Salad

This version of Macaroni Salad is a crowd pleaser, balancing the creamy richness of the dressing with the crunchiness of garden-fresh vegetables and the protein-packed texture of hard-boiled eggs. Bring this refreshing salad to your next BBQ, picnic, or any next gathering. It is packed full of freshly chopped veggies that will give you that crisp delicious crunch while the hard boiled eggs are mixed in with the whipped dressing to give it a creamy sweet taste that perfectly compliments pasta noodles. The egg yolks slightly crumble into the dressing making it more rich and creamy with every tasty bite.

Macaroni Salad

Gather ingredients and chop up vegetables and hard boiled eggs. I prefer to keep it classic and use medium shells or elbow macaroni for the pasta, but any short pasta noodles would work as well.

Make these perfectly cooked Easy Peel Hard Boiled Eggs in just minutes.

• 1 lb shell pasta, or your favorite pasta
• 6 hard boiled eggs, peeled and diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 4-5 radishes, cut into half moons
• 2 green onions, diced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 Tbs flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 cup whipped dressing
• 1/2 cup slaw dressing
• salt and pepper to taste

Heat a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add in 1-2 Tbs salt to the pot. Cook pasta as directed on package to al dente stirring occasionally. Drain pasta using a colander. Rinse the pasta with cold water to cool the noodles down and to keep from cooking longer. Set aside.

In a large bowl, add in chopped ingredients: hard boiled eggs, green and red bell peppers, radishes, green onions, celery, and parsley. Then add in cooked pasta noodles that have been cooled and drained. Mix until just combined.

Add in miracle whip, slaw dressing, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything together using a large spoon. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours to chill and to let the flavors mingle. Just before serving, give it a little stir. If the dressing absorbed too much into the pasta and is looking a little on the dryer side, mix in an extra dollop or two of creamy miracle whip. Garnish with sprigs of parsley on top and serve.