Deluxe Veggie macaroni salad

Love macaroni salad? every-time I eat macaroni salad it reminds me of family reunions and summer cookouts! This is macaroni salad with a little twist!…

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Love macaroni salad?

every-time I eat macaroni salad it reminds me of family reunions and summer cookouts!

This is macaroni salad with a little twist!

can you guess what the secret ingredient is?

well are you ready for the recipe now?

okay here it is

Deluxe Veggie macaroni salad

Recipe by The Closet CookCourse: Sides, SaladsDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups macaroni cooked

  • 4 tablespoons of ranch dressing homemade

  • 1 small onion diced

  • 1 cup shredded cheese

  • 1.5 cups of chopped veggies: broccoli, cucumber, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers… anything you like

  • 1 tbsp milk + 1 tbsp mayo to thin out ranch dressing if it is too thick

Directions

  • Generously salt water in a small pot and bring it to a boil
  • Cook macaroni noodles until they are done to your liking, see note below
  • Clean and chop veggies
  • Mix up ranch dressing
  • Drain macaroni and run cold water over noodles to cool down
  • Put cooled noodles into a bowl add the ranch dressing and veggies and cheese and stir to incorporate

Notes

  • For macaroni salad, I like to cook the noodles until they are just about done not all the way to al dente
  • Homemade ranch: 8 oz cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of ranch seasoning or ranch dressing mix packet, 1/2 cup of mayo- mix it up and put over macaroni but you may need to add milk and may to thin out

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