Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Classic Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
27 cooks on www.cookingclassy.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 16% | 26% |
| acid | 3% | 4% |
| sweetener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| egg | 15% | 0% |
| dairy | 18% | 7% |
| aromatics | 6% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 110 g | 1/2 cup Hellmann's or Best Foods Mayonnaise |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt* |
| 22 g | 1 1/2 Tbsp white wine vinegar |
| 9 g | 2 tsp dijon mustard,** (then more to taste (I like about 4 tsp)) |
| 14 g | 2 tsp honey |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 227 g | 8 oz dry elbow macaroni |
| 100 g | 2 steamed or hard boiled eggs (, peeled and chopped) |
| 149 g | 1 cup diced red bell pepper |
| 128 g | 1 cup matchstick carrots (, roughly chopped) |
| 76 g | 3/4 cup diced celery |
| 40 g | 1/4 cup diced red onion |
| 9 g | 1 - 2 Tbsp minced fresh parsley |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.cookingclassy.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“5-star recipe! I have a fondness for making things my own, and this recipe was no different. I made it for a celebration of life and increased the servings to 20 and multiplied that by 3 to allow roughly 60 servings. I made another salad to accompany this but ” — a cook, 5.0★
“My first time making macaroni salad and so far it shows great promise! I do agree that the amount of vinegar is a bit high like some other comments, luckily I added it into the dressing 1 tsp at a time until I hit what felt right to me (the sweet spot for me w” — a cook, 4.0★