Description
A sweet macaroni salad just like Grandma used to make. The dressing is a good basic macaroni salad dressing that you can use with your own macaroni salad recipe. You must refrigerate for at least 4 hours for all of the flavors to blend together.
Ingredients
- 2 cups elbow macaroni
- ¼ cup sweet relish
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
- ¼ cup finely chopped carrot
- 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
- ¼ cup creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip®)
- ¼ cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons low-fat milk
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes. Drain well; rinse with cold water and drain again.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons relish juice; place the rest in a large bowl with onion
- bell pepper
- carrot
- and egg.
- Whisk creamy salad dressing into reserved relish juice. Mix in sour cream
- milk
- sugar
- dill
- salt
- and pepper. Fold gently into the macaroni mixture. Refrigerate to let flavors blend
- 4 to 24 hours.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 8