Macaroni salad is one of the easiest salads you will ever make. It is creamy, it has plenty of vegetables and its perfect for any time of the day. This one pot dish is delectable and can be made in as little as 15 minutes. Wow! Lets get started.
Macaroni salad is salad made with macaroni, carrots, green beans and mayonnaise. This salad is my mother’s favorite and I watched her make this for my elder sister over and over after she had her first child. That’s how I came to love and adopt this salad as one of my favorites.
With macaroni salad, everything is cooked in one pot, and there is not so much preparation to be made aside chopping your vegetables. It is quick, and easy to make, requiring no complicated spicing as salt does it all here.
You can have this salad at any time of the day, be it for breakfast, lunch, brunch, or dinner. It is also great for parties and gatherings.
Ingredients
To make macaroni salad, you need the following ingredients:
- macaroni
- avocado
- carrots
- green beans
- mayonnaise
- salt
See recipe card below for exact quantities.
How to cook macaroni salad
To start, put some water in a small pot, add salt and bring to boil. Then add in the macaroni and allow to cook for 5 minutes. Once you put in the macaroni, do not cover the pot while it cooks else it will foam and spill over on your stove.
While the macaroni is cooking, chop the carrots and green beans, and add then into the pot once the macaroni has cooked for 5 minutes. Mix and allow to cook for another 2 minutes.
Turn off the stove and strain out the macaroni and vegetables in a colander and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. Then transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Dice the avocado and add to the bowl. Also add in the mayonnaise and mix everything up well.
Put the bowl of salad in the refrigerator and allow to chill. Serve chilled and enjoy.
This salad is creamy, and the presence of macaroni adds some weight to the salad and makes it filling. Macaroni salad is another delicious way to eat macaroni and you absolutely should try it.
Macaroni Salad
Equipment
- 1 WearEver 2QT Sauce Pan
Ingredients
- 7 oz macaroni
- 2 medium carrot
- 10 small green beans
- 1 medium avocado
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Put 5 cups of water in a small pot, add salt and bring to boil. Then add in macaroni and allow to cook for 5 minutes. Do not cover the pot while the macaroni cooks else it will foam and spill over on your stove.
- Chop the carrots and green beans, add them into the pot, mix and allow to cook for another 2 minutes.
- Turn off the stove, strain out the macaroni and vegetables in a colander, and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. Then transfer into a bowl and set aside.
- Dice the avocado and add to the bowl. Also add in the mayonnaise and mix everything up well.
- Put the bowl of salad in the refrigerator and allow to chill. Serve chilled and enjoy.
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