{"id":545,"date":"2024-01-13T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:23:42","slug":"shirleys-classic-pasta-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Shirley’s Classic Pasta Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Do You Make Macaroni Salad? <\/span><\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make homemade macaroni salad:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cook the macaroni in salted water. <\/li>\n
  2. Mix the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, mustard, and seasonings. <\/li>\n
  3. Stir in the macaroni and remaining ingredients. Chill in the refrigerator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
    Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    • 4<\/span> cups<\/span> uncooked elbow macaroni<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> mayonnaise<\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u2154<\/span> cup<\/span> white sugar<\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> distilled white vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 2 \u00bd<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> prepared yellow mustard<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 1 \u00bd<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> salt<\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00bd<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground black pepper<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 2<\/span> stalks<\/span> celery, chopped<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 1<\/span> large<\/span> onion, chopped<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 1<\/span> green bell pepper, seeded and chopped<\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> grated carrot (Optional)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 2<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> chopped pimento peppers (Optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
      Step 1<\/strong>: Gather all ingredients.<\/div>\n
      Step 2<\/strong>: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain.<\/div>\n
      Step 3:<\/strong> Mix mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, and macaroni together in a large bowl.<\/div>\n
      Step 4:<\/strong> Stir in celery, onion, green pepper, carrot, and pimentos.<\/div>\n
      Step 5:<\/strong> Refrigerate salad for at least 4 hours before serving, but preferably overnight.<\/div>\n
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      (Shirley’s Custom Modifications)<\/h5>\n
      The box of Muelers macaroni I had on the shelf was a large macaroni with ridges which was a surprise to me! I believe the box was 8oz rather large<\/div>\n
      I substituted green pepper with red and yellow peppers<\/div>\n
      Decreased white sugar to about a 1\/2 cup <\/div>\n
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      Added “sugar free” sweet relish, didn’t measure but it was probably 1\/4 cup or so.<\/p>\n

      Used a red onion (soaked in cold water for about 15 minutes to take the bite out of it, think I saw that on another recipe I reviewed)<\/div>\n
      I did add the carrot but skipped the pimento peppers<\/div>\n
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      I used Hellmann’s lite mayo and made it the night before to allow the flavors to blend (as they suggested).<\/div>\n
       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How Do You Make Macaroni Salad?  Here\u2019s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make homemade macaroni salad: Cook the macaroni in salted water.  Mix the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, mustard, and seasonings.  Stir in the macaroni and remaining ingredients. Chill in the refrigerator. Ingredients: 4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni 1 cup mayonnaise \u2154 cup white sugar \u00bc cup distilled white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krmidwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}