Creamy Vegetable Macaroni Salad

Creamy vegetable macaroni salad is the perfect cold pasta with totally fresh rainbow vegetables that just make a splash at potlucks and cookouts. Truly the best cold side dish recipe, its so easy to make a pasta salad that isn't just full of carbs but include healthy vegetables. Classic, creamy and perfectly old fashioned, this summer salad is a classic macaroni pasta salad, with a mayo base, that can be served with ripe, seasonal vegetables all year long. This salad is also a great make ahead salad and can contain just about any additional fresh vegetable substitution. Also a Vegetarian Pasta Salad and known as a Crisp Summer Veggie Pasta Salad, this recipe is a complete macaroni salad with crisp summer veggies and a creamy mayo dressing and is a perfectly delicious side dish for your next party.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups elbow macaroni
• cucumber (sliced in rounds)
• large tomato (chopped)
• yellow red pepper (seeded and chopped)
• 1/2 cup matchstick carrots
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1 1/2 cups real mayonnaise
• salt and pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cook macaroni according to package directions.
2. 2Drain and rinse with cold water to cool. Make sure to drain as much water as possible from noodles before moving onto next step. Noodles can also be made a day ahead and rinsed with cold water to loosen day of.
3. 3In a mixing bowl, add sliced cucumbers, large chopped tomatoes, pieces of yellow and red pepper, diced red onions and shredded carrots.
4. 4Mix all ingredients together well.
5. 5Add mayonnaise.
6. 6Season with salt and pepper.
7. 7Fold in cooked macaroni pasta shells and mix.
8. 8Refrigerate vegetable pasta salad for 4 hours or overnight.
9. 9Stir well before serving.