Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
10 cooks on www.budgetbytes.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 | 47% | 26% |
| acid | 3% | 4% |
| sweetener | 3% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| egg | 21% | 0% |
| dairy | 0% | 7% |
| aromatics | 16% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 100 g | 2 hard-boiled eggs ($0.24) |
| 60 g | 1/2 red bell pepper ($0.63) |
| 75 g | 1/2 red onion ($0.60) |
| 80 g | 2 ribs celery ($0.20) |
| 227 g | 8 oz. macaroni (uncooked, $0.62*) |
| 220 g | 1 cup mayonnaise ($0.80) |
| 13 g | 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard ($0.18**) |
| 1 Tbsp sweet pickle relish ($0.08) | |
| 15 g | 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar ($0.10***) |
| 12 g | 1 Tbsp granulated sugar ($0.01****) |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp salt ($0.02) |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp black pepper (freshly cracked, $0.02) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This came out so GOOD!!! My husband loved it and always loves your dishes. But this was the kicker. I was cooking this and my dad came over to deliver some groceries and he smelled what I had just cooked. I gave him some of this pasta salad to take home for hi” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is so good! I love the crunch of all of the vegetables, I've found that a lot of other macaroni salads are too mushy. I only used part of the dressing (saving the rest) since I wasn't planning on eating it all in one go and I was worried the pasta would s” — a cook, 5.0★