Easy Macaroni Salad (Great for Making Ahead!)

Macaroni salad is a must-have side dish when feeding a crowd. Tender elbow noodles soak up the dressing ingredients while colorful vegetables add a delightful crunch.
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🕑 INSTRUCTIONS:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Cook the Pasta
01:44 Drain & Rinse the Noodles
01:58 Add the Vegetables
03:12 Add the Mayonnaise
✅ INGREDIENTS:
• 4 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 pound elbow macaroni
• ⅓ cup red bell pepper
• ⅓ cup celery
• ⅓ cup red onion
• ⅓ cup carrots
• ⅓ cup dill pickle
• 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped chives
• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• 1 ½ cups mayonnaise
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I started my quest for a new mac salad, and yours was the first one I hit upon. Normally I'll search 10-15 videos before settling on something that sounds yummy. First time ever stopping my search on the first one! And whoa, is it awesome! Guess I'll be spending some time peeking over your shoulder; all the while hitting save, save, save. 🙂

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Amazing recipe

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Exelente

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Thank you for your recipe... I was asked to make 2 pans for our family 2022 Family Reunion. Have been looking for the best with lots of flavors & I believe your recipe has won. Thank you Jessica 😊

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Yay! Thanks for watching! ☺️

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Hey young lady, thank you so much for posting this. Same ingredients my mom used to use and I lost the recipe.

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I will give it a try. Yummy

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Delicious!!

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Recent subscriber and I am loving your content. I subscribed 5.says ago and have already tried 3 of your recipes. Thank you for the easy go-to recipes.

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Awesome! and Thank you!

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So delicious

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Been looking for this recipe for so long , thank you thank you for uploading now I can make this a snack dish when I invite company over to my apartment

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I will definately be trying out your delicious recipe. It has everything I love. Thank you.

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Wonderful! Thanks for watching 😊

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I just made your macaroni salad and finally found a recipe to replace the one I have. Thanks so much it was delicious.

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I like how it cam out watery. You know what your doing. :)

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good.

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Yum

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This is great!

[@JessicaGavin]

Thanks!

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Very tasty 😋

[@redcloud09]

Sounds great! I’ve never used sour cream in macaroni salad, just mayo. Can you tell me, how it makes a difference?

[@user-is6de8pp7k]

I love your Macaroni recipe. My family calls it Summer Salad. Even though we make it all year long. Thank you for this fun, delicious recipe.

[@JessicaGavin]

You are so welcome! I'd be honored to hear your feedback over on my website. 🫶

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[@bontudereje2456]

Can we use Caesar’s dressing instead???

[@namotenashi]

Looks delicious! I want to wrap it in lettuce and eat it!

[@JessicaGavin]

You should! :)

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I abandoned my family’s 80 year old meatloaf recipe for yours! Looking forward to trying this!

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OMG wow! I hope you enjoy this one too! :)

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[@marleneholman2448]

I like this no eggs

[@RainKerosene]

i am in absolute shock that you correctly went over the science of the starch on the outside of the pasta but then continued to RINSE IT.

[@JessicaGavin]

Thanks, for this recipe it was done intentionally because for max salad you don’t really want the noodles sticking together.

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do you have a shrimp gumbo recipe

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No, but I have a chicken sausage gumbo on my website 😋

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Much better than my old inherited recipe from twelve years ago. Thanks!

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Enjoy!

[@fitta74]

elbow noodles aka macaroni

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Use a bigger bowl when combining ingredients

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Easy?

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Don't forget the kitchen sink

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Too much ingredients 😞

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Potato salad without eggs , or red potato salad wirh sour cream and chives

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Sounds tasty :)

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And you think regular people have all that in their pantry or fridge? Ok then...

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I'm a regular person and I often do or at least have most of those ingredients. Chill out

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