Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
from thecozycook.com
18 cooks on thecozycook.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 | 23% | 26% |
| acid | 4% | 4% |
| sweetener | 6% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| dairy | 8% | 7% |
| aromatics | 7% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 lb. macaroni |
| 80 g | 2 ribs celery (diced) |
| 120 g | 1 Bell pepper (I use 1/2 green and 1/2 red) |
| 64 g | 1/2 cup carrots (julienned) |
| 53 g | 1/3 cup diced red onions |
| 165 g | 3/4 cup Mayonnaise (I use Hellman's) |
| 58 g | 1/4 cup sour cream |
| 42 g | 2 tablespoons honey (can sub sugar) |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (can sub white or red wine vinegar) |
| 39 g | 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard (can sub yellow mustard) |
| 3 tablespoons sweet relish | |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon garlic salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon pepper |
| Paprika | |
| Green onions |
Method: 7 steps, published by thecozycook.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Stephanie, this is hands down the BEST macaroni salad I've ever made! I've made it several times for my family, and it's always a huge hit. Every time I make it, I think about bringing it to a potluck or cookout because I know everyone would love it; I just ha” — a cook, 5.0★
“Yummy macaroni salad! I assigned my teenage daughter to make this for 4th of July. She was skeptical it was going to taste good because she thought the dressing ingredients seemed like a weird combo. NOPE! It was YUMMY! It was a nice to have a fresh macar” — a cook, 5.0★