Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Classic Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #3 of 47 for tang among the macaroni salad recipes we compared. 120 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 22% | 26% |
| acid | 9% | 4% |
| sweetener | 0% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| egg | 20% | 0% |
| dairy | 0% | 7% |
| aromatics | 16% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 210 g | 2 cups elbow macaroni (uncooked) |
| 149 g | 1 cup red bell peppers (diced) |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup red onion (diced) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup celery (diced) |
| 100 g | 2 large hard-boiled eggs |
| 6 g | 1 Tbsp chopped parsley (optional for garnish) |
| 110 g | 1/2 cup mayonnaise |
| 45 g | 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar |
| 3 tbsp sweet relish | |
| 13 g | 3 tsp yellow mustard |
| 2 g | 1 tsp ground black pepper |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt (adjust to taste) |
Method: 4 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Nice side salad with some fresh veggies! Unfortunately, I thought it said 3 tablespoons of mustard instead of 3 teaspoons. This could have easily been more noticeable if the recipe said 1 tablespoon of mustard, which is the same amount. Or capitalize 3 Tbsp fo” — a cook, 5.0★
“Fallowed recipe with addition of tablespoon of worcestershire (glad texting and not trying to pronounce). I had some leftover dressing, (ok doubled your dressing recipe), and bottled for Memorial Day family gathering. So delicious, smooth, creamy, tang, sweet,” — a cook, 5.0★