SOUTHERN MACARONI SALAD

SOUTHERN MACARONI SALAD

Southern Macaroni Salad Recipe - Southern Macaroni Salad makes a delicious addition for picnics, potlucks, and any get together! An easy make-ahead staple, this macaroni salad is a definite go-to recipe for your summer parties!

Ingredients

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Pasta

Ingredient Image

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes.

1/2 cups cooked elbow macaroni noodles

Celery

Ingredient Image

Celery a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar either its stalks leaves or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/4 cup diced celery

Jalapeno

Ingredient Image

The jalape

1/4 jalapeno, seeded and diced

Bell Peppers

Ingredient Image

A wonderful combination of tangy taste and crunchy texture, sweet bell peppers are the Christmas ornaments of the vegetable world with their beautifully shaped glossy exterior that comes in a wide array of vivid colors ranging from green, red, yellow, orange, purple, brown to black. Despite their varied palette, all are the same plant, known scientifically as Capsicum annuum. They are members of the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Sweet peppers are plump, bell-shaped vegetables featuring either three or four lobes. Green and purple peppers have a slightly bitter flavor, while the red, orange and yellows are sweeter and almost fruity. Paprika can be prepared from red bell peppers (as well as from chili peppers). Bell peppers are not 'hot'. The primary substance that controls "hotness" in peppers is called capsaicin, and it's found in very small amounts in bell peppers. Although peppers are available throughout the year, they are most abundant and

1/4 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos

Onions

Ingredient Image

The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

1 green onions, diced

Mayonnaise

Ingredient Image

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy dressing often used as a condiment. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices.

1/3 cup mayonnaise

Apple Cider Vinegar

Ingredient Image

Apple cider vinegar, otherwise known as cider vinegar or ACV, is a type of vinegar made from cider or apple must and has a pale to medium amber color.

1/3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Lemon Lime Juice

Ingredient Image

A lime is a hybrid citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green, 3

1/3 tablespoon lemon juice

Kosher Salt

Ingredient Image

The pyramidal salt crystals are generally made by an evaporative process called the Alberger process. Kosher salt is usually manufactured with a grain size larger than table salt grains. The traditional use of kosher salt is for removing surface blood from meat by desiccation, as part of the koshering process for meat.

1/3 teaspoon kosher salt

Black Pepper

Ingredient Image

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, dark red, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and the ground pepper derived from them, may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and white pepper (ripe fruit seeds).

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Celery Seed

Ingredient Image

Celery (Apium graveolens), a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae, has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves, or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/4 teaspoon celery seed

Pasta

Ingredient Image

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes.

1 cups cooked elbow macaroni noodles

Celery

Ingredient Image

Celery a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar either its stalks leaves or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/3 cup diced celery

Jalapeno

Ingredient Image

The jalape

1/2 jalapeno, seeded and diced

Bell Peppers

Ingredient Image

A wonderful combination of tangy taste and crunchy texture, sweet bell peppers are the Christmas ornaments of the vegetable world with their beautifully shaped glossy exterior that comes in a wide array of vivid colors ranging from green, red, yellow, orange, purple, brown to black. Despite their varied palette, all are the same plant, known scientifically as Capsicum annuum. They are members of the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Sweet peppers are plump, bell-shaped vegetables featuring either three or four lobes. Green and purple peppers have a slightly bitter flavor, while the red, orange and yellows are sweeter and almost fruity. Paprika can be prepared from red bell peppers (as well as from chili peppers). Bell peppers are not 'hot'. The primary substance that controls "hotness" in peppers is called capsaicin, and it's found in very small amounts in bell peppers. Although peppers are available throughout the year, they are most abundant and

1/2 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos

Onions

Ingredient Image

The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

2 green onions, diced

Mayonnaise

Ingredient Image

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy dressing often used as a condiment. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices.

1/2 cup mayonnaise

Apple Cider Vinegar

Ingredient Image

Apple cider vinegar, otherwise known as cider vinegar or ACV, is a type of vinegar made from cider or apple must and has a pale to medium amber color.

1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Lemon Lime Juice

Ingredient Image

A lime is a hybrid citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green, 3

1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

Kosher Salt

Ingredient Image

The pyramidal salt crystals are generally made by an evaporative process called the Alberger process. Kosher salt is usually manufactured with a grain size larger than table salt grains. The traditional use of kosher salt is for removing surface blood from meat by desiccation, as part of the koshering process for meat.

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Black Pepper

Ingredient Image

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, dark red, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and the ground pepper derived from them, may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and white pepper (ripe fruit seeds).

1/3 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Celery Seed

Ingredient Image

Celery (Apium graveolens), a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae, has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves, or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/3 teaspoon celery seed

Pasta

Ingredient Image

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes.

1 1/2 cups cooked elbow macaroni noodles

Celery

Ingredient Image

Celery a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar either its stalks leaves or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/2 cup diced celery

Jalapeno

Ingredient Image

The jalape

1 jalapeno, seeded and diced

Bell Peppers

Ingredient Image

A wonderful combination of tangy taste and crunchy texture, sweet bell peppers are the Christmas ornaments of the vegetable world with their beautifully shaped glossy exterior that comes in a wide array of vivid colors ranging from green, red, yellow, orange, purple, brown to black. Despite their varied palette, all are the same plant, known scientifically as Capsicum annuum. They are members of the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Sweet peppers are plump, bell-shaped vegetables featuring either three or four lobes. Green and purple peppers have a slightly bitter flavor, while the red, orange and yellows are sweeter and almost fruity. Paprika can be prepared from red bell peppers (as well as from chili peppers). Bell peppers are not 'hot'. The primary substance that controls "hotness" in peppers is called capsaicin, and it's found in very small amounts in bell peppers. Although peppers are available throughout the year, they are most abundant and

1 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos

Onions

Ingredient Image

The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

3 green onions, diced

Mayonnaise

Ingredient Image

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy dressing often used as a condiment. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices.

1 cup mayonnaise

Apple Cider Vinegar

Ingredient Image

Apple cider vinegar, otherwise known as cider vinegar or ACV, is a type of vinegar made from cider or apple must and has a pale to medium amber color.

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Lemon Lime Juice

Ingredient Image

A lime is a hybrid citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green, 3

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Kosher Salt

Ingredient Image

The pyramidal salt crystals are generally made by an evaporative process called the Alberger process. Kosher salt is usually manufactured with a grain size larger than table salt grains. The traditional use of kosher salt is for removing surface blood from meat by desiccation, as part of the koshering process for meat.

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Black Pepper

Ingredient Image

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, dark red, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and the ground pepper derived from them, may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and white pepper (ripe fruit seeds).

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Celery Seed

Ingredient Image

Celery (Apium graveolens), a marshland plant variety in the family Apiaceae, has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves, or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

1/2 teaspoon celery seed

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