Macaroni Salad classic, refreshing dish perfect for picnics, barbecues, and potlucks.
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Macaroni Salad is a classic, refreshing dish perfect for picnics, barbecues, and potlucks. It's a creamy and tangy salad with a delightful mix of textures and flavours.
Macaroni Salad is a colorful and delicious cold pasta salad. It starts with perfectly cooked elbow macaroni, then tossed in a creamy dressing made from a combination of mayonnaise and Greek yogurt for a smooth, tangy base. This dressing is sweetened slightly with white sugar and brightened with distilled white vinegar and apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. Dijon mustard adds a hint of sharpness, while salt and ground black pepper balance the flavours.
Thanks to an array of fresh vegetables, the salad is vibrant and crunchy. Chopped onion adds a bit of sharpness, while celery and green bell pepper contribute a satisfying crunch. Grated carrot brings a touch of sweetness and color, and diced cucumbers add a refreshing, cool bite. Drained pimento peppers (or red bell pepper) offer a mild sweetness and a beautiful red hue.
You can mix in chopped fresh herbs like parsley, dill, and chives for extra flavor and texture. These add a bright, herby note. Chopped hard-boiled eggs can provide richness and additional protein, while shredded cheddar cheese introduces a creamy, savory element. Cooked bacon bits are a popular addition, giving the salad a smoky, crispy texture that contrasts beautifully with the creaminess of the dressing and the crunch of the vegetables.
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Ingredients
4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 grated carrot
2 large cucumbers, small to medium diced
2 small jars or 1 large jar of pimento peppers, drained _ I used red bell pepper
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley (optional)
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill (optional)
2 tbsp chopped fresh chives (optional)
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
1/2 cup cooked bacon bits (optional)
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I’m an old man and love watching you cook. You cook like a real person and at the end watching you enjoy what you make always brings a smile to my face. With all the horror going on today, your channel is a breath of fresh air. I hope you succeed beyond your wildest imagination.
Larry, I succeed everyday with a comment like yours. That brings a smile to my face. The aim of this channel is to help others to cook - there is no BS on here on any pretense - everyone can cook. Thank you. Best, Rik
Hey Chef,
Happy 4th from the US!
I have made a few of your recipes. ALL turned out fantastic and I’m gonna to keep cooking. Thanks for your knowledge and awesome recipes. ❤
I agree!
I just love how you provide not just recipes but are a master teacher. That onion lesson was fantastic. ❤
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I love your comment!!! You are so right about being a Master Teacher, it's a great learning experience every day.
Yummy.
And thanks for dispelling the onion cutting myth. That parallel cut is,, indeed, unnecessary.
It is absolute tosh! Thank you. Best, Rik
@brianshaw373 and dangerous too. I'd never cut anything that way.
Perfect timing, Rik; thanks!
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Oh goodness, that does look good.
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Very tempting. I’ll be making this for the 4th of July.
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Mate you just keep pumping out the gold.👍
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When you chop the egg and mix it in, the yolk becomes part of the dressing. I never use sugar, however, I usually use Miracle Whip instead of Mayo so that is slightly sweeter. Mustard is essential. I also add some dill pickle juice instead of vinegar.
I love your combo of vegetables. For people who hate raw onion, I sometimes substitute red radish sliced in rounds. They are easily picked out but still give a satisfying bite. Onion powder can go in the dressing for the taste.
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Now that's a pasta salad.❤
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Oh, MAN! You should've heard the audio over here while I was watching this one! I've turned my son in law onto your channel because he's learning some new recipes and you show off some mad skills that make food prep look like anyone can do it! Thanks, Rik! Love you, 😎🌵🌴
Thank you. All the recipes on this channel everyone can make - that's what the channel is about. No BS. Best, Rik
Rik, can your viewers take it that your salad ingredients are washed before use. No offence, just asking. Cheers!
@@fabshop6359 I would hope so - I'm not holding everyone's hands. Cant spell everything out. Thank you. Best, Rik
Nice; one of my favorite summer dishes and a great way to use up leftover veg. I prepare it in a similar way, but I'll add anything I have - chopped broccoli, kale, spinach, zucchini (courgette); blanched green beans or peas from the freezer, a can of rinsed black beans or chick peas, halved cherry tomatoes, chopped scallions, shallots or scapes instead of white onion - I toss in whatever's in the kitchen. When I'm especially lazy I'll use a cheap bottle of Italian or Greek salad dressing instead of homemade, it still tastes great. If I'm making the pasta salad the main dish I'll up the protein with a generous dollup of greek yogurt, a cup of shredded cheddar cheese and/or diced hard-boiled eggs.
Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
Ooh yum, you're making me hungry. We love a good recipe for left-over veggies.
Enjoyed reading the comments of what people put in their versions. I grew up with all green onions, diced egg and frozen peas plus peppers and celery. Sliced egg on top with the obligatory paprika sprinkle. No sugar and we used Miracle Whip.
Now if I use mayo it has to be Duke's plus sour cream. Sometimes dill pickle relish or chopped with some brine.
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I agree, it's nice to hear the different versions. I really like yours too. I would probably swap celery for carrot in mine 🙂
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I grew up with macaroni,mayo, tuna fish ,celery seed onion and celery. Lived it even though I hate fish, . But all grown and have always added as many and varied veggies as I could and no fish ugh
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Summery colours🌻. Looks even better in coloured dish. Its never occurred to me to use macaroni cold. Healthy too👍 Thank you🤗
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So colorful...and nutritious..my mouth is watering....I'll definitely try! And thank you for showing the proper way to cut up an onion!!!😍
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I subscribed the first time I watched you, which was a few months ago. Love your cooking and show
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Hi Rik, like your friendly openminded down-to-earth cooking like this todays Macaroni salad. Your channel is growing daily, respect. I am glad for you.
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I do like a bet of spring onion
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Great dish to bring to a potluck. Easygoing, no worries way to go! Love you, Chef Rik💖
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Excellent recipe for all the summertime cookouts. A all time favorite. 💕💕
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❤❤❤❤😊 as always a great recipe with great instructions ❤
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Thank you Mr Rik for sharing your beautiful dish idea as I get older I tend to forget new ideas to make so thank you for sharing 🙏🏻💜god bless🫶🏻
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Your show is always a hit with us, your enthusiasm and expressions with so many practical advice is what we like. No stupid parallel cuts when dicing an onion. That method is so dangerous with a sharp chefs knife.
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Lovely Rik, thank you. 🙌♥️ looks beautiful! Such a versatile dish .
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It's a great switch from mac n' cheese, and looks very good. So festive!
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I do agree that adding chopped veggies to a pasta salad makes a difference. I grew up eating macaroni salad with Miracle Whip and chopped sweet pickles and macaroni and nothing else. I didn't know it could be better.
Nice channel.
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Me too
Love it rik,😊. Keep going mate, your channel is growing👌. I cook your chilli beef Mac cheese every week😂 love it😊
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Perfect! Just in time for July 4th. Yum
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Looks wonderful ❤
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Looks like an awesome macaroni salad. Mac Salad is the ultimate "make it your way" recipe... so much so that you may never make it the same twice. :) I don't know if it really changes the flavor at all but I also like to toss in some whole celery seed. I love the presentation idea with the eggs on top! Never thought of that! Thank you, Chef. Shirley in NH
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We’re getting ready here to celebrate the 4th of July tomorrow and I’m making my macaroni salad today. Just me but I like to let it sit overnight and by tomorrow it’s so good.. This looks delicious and your timing couldn’t be more perfect! 👍🏻
Happy 4th July. Thank you. Best, Rik
Another great recipe.
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I saw the headline and thought, another blah old macaroni salad recipe, then I heard your voice and I knew it was YUM TIME!
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8 seconds in and you had me at "sweet". Now, on with the video ❤❤❤
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Sprinkle with a bit of celery seed ,it's delicious
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This would instantly improve any picnic
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This is a very popular American dish,pretty much made the same as this.As you said we can use any pasta,I like the rotini, something about macaroni I just don’t like,nor do I like orzo.A friend of mine,a very good cook made a cauliflower salad with finely chopped dried beef,in the same sort of dressing you made,it was very good.For me I like broccoli in pasta salads,and a bit of bacon,and maybe a teaspoon of sugar,so easy to adapt your lovely recipe,so thank you Rik.😊
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Lovely pasta salad! It takes me back to my childhood. Not a fan of green bell peppers, so I would probably switch those out for sliced black olives. Thanks for this great channel!
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Beautiful, colorful bowl of confetti vegetables! Yogurt is a great addition I will try. I like to use seasoned rice vinegar and a little sugar, too! Could add peas, corn, edamame and whatever strikes your fancy from the freezer! Looks delicious and great ideas, as always!
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Great timing for 4 July and will go well before my Fannie Farmer plum crisp. Thanks again, Rik🎉
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Super seasonal!
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Very creative version ! Pepper 🫑
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Rik, you’re a great Chef, I really appreciate your knife skills! Great salad for the 4th here in the US.
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LOL...I think we're going to have another flipping coin for Sunday meal.
My husband watched this video...
Well, it doesn't matter if macaroni with chorizo is gonna " loose" again....I already have pasta and ingredients for both.... Yay!
Love and Light from Brazil.
Ha ha ha, Thank you. love to Brazil. Best, Rik
My favorite!
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Beautiful!
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I pretty much always have to add black or Kalamata olives to any pasta salad. Maybe not so much sugar. But otherwise it looks delicious;)
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I’m so glad I asked for a pasta salad recipe, and now we have two, similar but not the same.
Thank you Rik from my wife and I.
Hope you enjoy, you are welcome. Thank you. Best, Rik
This is such an awesome recipe because you can take things out, add things in. Some days you'd want all that bacon and egg, but then another day, you might leave them out. Same with adding grated carrots, or a bit of beetroot at the end
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Another belter Rick. Thanks for sharing.
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I absolutely love a ‘sling it all in’ pasta salad. What I usually add is a sweet diced eating apple and/or a handful of sultanas, rather than adding sugar to the dressing, plus some roughly chopped walnuts/almonds/cashews. I’ve added fresh orange segments, chicken and prawns too in the past and it all hangs together so well if the dressing is good. A big mixing bowl full is supposed to last me for at least a couple of days, but it never does.
So glad I subscribed. I’m really enjoying your videos. 😊
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Love your style and love your recipes! Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
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That looks absolutely delicious 👏🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
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We love a pasta salad Rik thank you for your version it looks fantastic so colourful and summery , Amanda xx
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Looks great Rik, summertime in a bowl with a healthy dose of colourful veg, & your presentation is perfection!👌 Thank you 🙏👨🍳😋👍
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love it... i am hungry anyway but this!
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Thats fantastic Rik. My kind of salad 👌 YUMMY!
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I love how you decorated this salad looks really good🙏🏼😇👍👌🌹💯
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Good one Rik, thank you for sharing. I really like how you called out people on how to dice an onion, the way you cut all your veggies was very interesting.
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Yummerooni!
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Thanks Rik, good info about cutting veg, and it’s a must to have a sharp knife too. Safety first. ❤
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Looks great Rik.
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Hi…I made this recipe minus the bacon and it was delicious! Liked the crunch of the celery! This recipe is a keeper!
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Oh my!!! This is a beautiful work of food art! Can't wait to try your tasty dressing!!!!😋
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Perfect for the Fourth of July.
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Love macaroni salad. In my family we make it allways as a food in summer adding in the mix smoked salmon or any smoked meat what one likes. Sauce is same mix what u did, putting there onion, garlic, salt, black pepper and herbs. Great dish😍❤️👋🇫🇮
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Thank you. What a wonderful summer holiday meal. Cheers to you
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It is such a good thing I am unable to cook right now!! Another dish I will be making!
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Very nice love it, oh you mean capsicum 😂, thanks Rik
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That looks delicious. I like to put some finely diced cheese (your choice of type, cheddar, mozzarella, feta, etc.) and a sprinkle of paprika over the eggs.
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I love macaroni salad and this is the best one I've seen, i must give thus a try real soon. Thank you 😊
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Red and Green peppers called Capsicums here in Australia!
Great cooking as always!
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That would be a sure winner at a 4th of July barbecue.
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Love it Rick, shame our weather ain't matching this colorful dish.
But to be fair as Brits we make do whatever the weather.
Me personally don't get on with raw celery, but I'll use everything else and add some tuna, it'll make a great meal prep dish 👏🏻👍🏻
Aye - knuckle down - stiff upper lip and get on with it. Thank you. Best, Rik
Nice to hear other people don’t like celery,for a long time I just thought I was strange,but often now I see people saying they don’t eat it.😊
PPS. The Crying Tiger was excellent....All the best, Tricia and Neil.....
Yes we eat it all the time here! Thank you. Best, Rik
Nice one, Rik.
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Wifey likes pasta. Will have to swap the peppers out for her mind, will probably add broccoli instead and swap and change a few bits but I can see a few brownie points on the horizon :). So glad at least one Tube Chef sees the pointless layering of onions when nature has already done it for us.
Agreed! Its all tosh! Good luck with the points! Thank you. Best, Rik
Been telling peeps about that Onion myth for years. Dish looks lovely, In the bank for picnic mate. Cheers.
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Twaddle is my new favorite word.
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Great recipe. Thanks Rik.
This will be a great side at a summer BBQ
Yes its an easy chuck it in pasta recipe. Thank you. Best, Rik
I’m dangerous with a knife, just look at my scarred hands. Doesn’t stop me trying though! 😂
I like your anti horizontal cut twaddle stance!
That pasta salad looks fantastic. I’m going to make that next time the whole family is over. Otherwise i’ll eat it all myself 😆
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I enjoy watching you, and you asked what each of us put in mac salad, I sometimes put small tidbits of shrimp, or I put black olive tidbits!! Plus, all the things you add!!
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Fab as always❤😊
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Excellent! I love macaroni salad! But sadly, ours most often gets limited to macaroni, cucumber, and hardboiled egg. 😞 I really like potato salad as well, and often have it for breakfast.
Here's the recipe for my favorite salad dressing - normally for the potato salad, but it works for mac too -
2 eggs well beaten
1/2 cup sugar
2 heaping Tbsp flour
1 heaping Tsp dry mustard
dash of salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 small pat of butter (1/2 Tbsp
Stir together in a double boiler until thick
Simple, but delicious!
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This, is exactly what I'm going to make tonight for our steak bbq. Thanks Rik.. Looks delicious.
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I cracked up when you said obviously don't use spaghetti, but I'm sure it would still be amazing with spagetti
It would - like a birds nest! Thank you. Best, Rik
We are nearly at the end of sprig in Australia, then going into summer. Looking for salad recipes in your tutorials. This pasta salad will certainly be used during our summer months. Thank you it looks delicious! 👍❤️🇦🇺
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Pretty close to the way I make it. I usually use Maille Mustard with mustard seed and if there isn’t any bacon around, I finely cube reduced salt Spam and mix that in before letting it sit in the fridge. I also use some chopped dill weed to add the sour with a bit less vinegar and I hate to say it; but, I am an absolute freak for Balsamic vinegar. If there is any cans of Leisure Early Green peas; it hops out of the can and into the mix as well.
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I totally agree with your assessment and warning about how to dice onions. I am sure fingers are not part of any recipe so they can save that for Hannibal Lector’s cookbook. I’ve never seen anything so stupid.
Thanks for the show. I am so hooked on it.
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Yummy
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Looks yummy from Canada
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Absolutely amazing! 🤩😍
I love the idea to put bacon in, I've never done that before. And grated cheddar sounds better than cubed Gouda as well.
The ½ cup of sugar is a bit much for me. One to 1½ tablespoon of sugar is more than enough for my taste. And I might use Pennsylvania Dutch pickled eggs or balsamico pickled eggs. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
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OMG, my stomach is RUMBLING just looking at that amazing dish. I'm allergic to peppers so I always swap them out for sweetcorn. Would love to know how you make your crispy bacon, yours looks proper scrummy!
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Almost exactly like mine, but I don't use boiled egg and I mix in chopped bacon. I add sauce to the pasta right after draining, while still hot. That way the pasta absorbs more.
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My mom always made pasta salad with tuna.
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So funny, i made this when i got up this morning, of course my old way is a little different and not as pretty as yours.
Pretty means nothing - its if you enjoy it. Thank you. Best, Rik
@4.10 "Twaddle" is a great word!
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I like to make pasta salad with grape tomatoes, cucumber chunks, and grated carrots dressed in a lemon vinegarette.
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I love macaroni salad, gotta try this one! Rik, add a bit of fresh basil to your herb mix!
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I’d add a drained can of corn and cold cooked frozen peas as well. I also add French dressing. Good one Rik 🇦🇺😎🙏👍
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