Make Waves For This Amazing Macaroni Salad!

You are going to love this pasta salad.  Want to know why? It has bacon! I mean, what can be better than a creamy, cold pasta salad loaded up with the crunchy little bits of bacon.  It is just such a perfect combination of flavors that really make this specific macaroni salad the best.  Depending on how much you love bacon, you could also add more or less.  You can also swap out the bacon for chicken or ham.

Either way you prepare this, it is definitely delicious. Check out what our friends over at Mom’s Test Kitchen had to say about this:

“A deli side dish classic gets even better with the addition of crispy, flavorful bacon in this easy to make Macaroni Salad!”

Yesss! Now I can have this macaroni salad whenever I want right in the comfort of my home!

 

Ingredients

for the dressing:

1/2 cup Domino sugar

1/4 cup distilled white vinegar

1 cup Hellman’s mayo

2 tablespoons dijon mustard

salt & pepper to season

 

for the macaroni salad:

1 box (16 ounces) Barilla elbow macaroni, cooked according to package directions

1/2 cup chopped bell pepper

1/2 cup chopped celery

1 small red onion, chopped

1/4 cup sweet relish

1/2 pound bacon, cooked crisp & crumbled

 

Instructions

for the dressing:

In a small bowl, mix together all of the dressing ingredients until well blended. Set aside

for the macaroni salad:

In a large bowl, mix together all of the salad ingredients except for bacon. Slowly pour the dressing over the salad & stir to coat evenly. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Add the crumbled bacon to the salad right before serving.

 

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Quick Tip: Toss in some chopped hard boiled eggs if you’d like

Thanks again to Mom’s Test Kitchen for this amazing recipe.