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
Cook macaroni according to package directions.
- 2
Drain 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
In a mixing bowl, add sliced cucumbers, large chopped tomatoes, pieces of yellow and red pepper, diced red onions and shredded carrots.
- 4
Mix all ingredients together well.
- 5
Add mayonnaise.
- 6
Season with salt and pepper.
- 7
Fold in cooked macaroni pasta shells and mix.
- 8
Refrigerate vegetable pasta salad for 4 hours or overnight.
- 9
Stir well before serving.
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