Dinner Time Mac Salad
Dinner Time Mac Salad

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, dinner time mac salad. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Dinner Time Mac Salad StirringTime Mattoon, Illinois. This mac salad is not like those youll find in the store or at KFC. This classic macaroni salad recipe is a refreshingly light take on an all-time favorite. It's perfect for a fast weeknight dinner or festive weekend barbecue. —Dorothy Bayes, Sardis, Ohio.

Dinner Time Mac Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Dinner Time Mac Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook dinner time mac salad using 13 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Dinner Time Mac Salad:
  1. Take Main ingredient
  2. Make ready 16 oz package of pasta whatever you like, I used large sized elbows
  3. Take 1 can tuna in water, you can use two cans if you really like tuna, not me…
  4. Take 1 large vadalia onion chopped small
  5. Take 1 can peas, drained really well although I didn't have any to use today
  6. Prepare Dressing
  7. Make ready 3/4 cup Helmanns mayo, yes it makes a difference…
  8. Take 1 tsp salt
  9. Take 1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, fresh would be better
  10. Make ready 3/4 tsp garlic powder
  11. Take 1/2 tsp onion powder
  12. Make ready 3/4 tbsp sugar for slight sweetness (optional)
  13. Take 1/2 tbsp sweet relish (optional)

Add dressing and toss gently to coat. Another benefit of making this easy macaroni salad is that it makes great leftovers! Great macaroni salad and definitely classic picnic food! Everyone has their own take on these types of things and I adjusted this to my own taste preferences as well.

Steps to make Dinner Time Mac Salad:
  1. This salad is a meal in itself, one my sons have always enjoyed
  2. Start by boiling water in a large pot, add your pasta and cook about 8 minutes, should be al dente, dont want it mushy, drain and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool. Put pasta, tuna, onions and any veggie you are using together with other ingredients in a large bowl and GENTLY mix, so you dont get good all over like I do, chill until ready to eat

Great macaroni salad and definitely classic picnic food! Everyone has their own take on these types of things and I adjusted this to my own taste preferences as well. Big Mac Salad can be served as a light meal on it's own, especially at lunch time. If you want a more hearty dinner, do a soup and salad combo meal with Tomato Soup and a side of Dinner Rolls. You can even brush the dinner rolls with melted butter and sprinkle them with sesame seeds for mini burger buns.

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