Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Mexican Pasta Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
1 cooks on www.cookingclassy.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 5% | 26% |
| acid | 2% | 4% |
| sweetener | 0% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| dairy | 6% | 7% |
| aromatics | 3% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 2 ears fresh yellow corn (, husked) | |
| 284 g | 10 oz dry elbow macaroni |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 1233 g | 3 large Roma tomatoes (, seeded and diced (1 1/2 cups)) |
| 411 g | 1 can black beans (, drained and rinsed well) |
| 200 g | 1 large avocado ((semi-firm but ripe), diced) |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup crumbled Cotija cheese |
| 53 g | 1/3 cup chopped red onion (, rinsed or 2/3 cup chopped green onion (or use a blend of both)) |
| 110 g | 1/2 cup mayonnaise ((full fat)) |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt ((fat free)) |
| 38 g | 2 1/2 Tbsp fresh lime juice |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup finely minced fresh cilantro ((about small 1 bunch, leaf portion)) |
| 3 g | 1 clove garlic (, minced) |
| 3 g | 1 tsp ancho chili powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp ground cumin |
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.
“Delicious refreshing salad! Followed recipe except used frozen roasted corn instead of fresh grille of the cob. Turned out great! Will definately be making again.” — a cook, 4.0★