Recipes For Salads

I am having a baby shower next weekend and want to make both those salads but looking for nothing to hard! thanx

Classic Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS
4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
2/3 cup white sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup grated carrot (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped pimento peppers (optional)

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain.
In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt and pepper. Stir in the onion, celery, green pepper, carrot, pimentos and macaroni. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, but preferably overnight.

Looking for some good pasta salad recipes without mayo/salad dressing with some kind of meat in it.

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make psta and mix together to make anti-pasta

I'm looking for a cold pasta salad recipe. Does anyone have a recipe for pasta salad? The recipe cannot be spicy and cannot have cheese, cream cheese, or tomatoes in it.

This is very good, just leave the tomatoes out. You can play with it add some mushrooms, black olives, etc.

Chilled Spaghetti Salad
1 pound thin spaghetti, broken into 3-inch pieces
2 cucumbers
1 green bell pepper
2 medium tomatoes
2 medium onions
1 small bottle Italian dressing
1/2 (2 ounce) bottle McCormick's Salad Supreme Seasoning

Cook and drain spaghetti; set aside. Peel cucumbers; remove seeds and cut into small pieces. Cut green pepper, tomatoes and onions into small pieces. Mix all ingredients with the spaghetti including seasoning. Pour Italian dressing over all. Let marinate overnight.

Please help!

Classic Potato Salad

2 pounds red boiling potatoes, scrubbed
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 hard-cooked eggs
1 small celery stalk
1/4 cup chopped sweet pickle (not relish)
3 scallions
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard

Place potatoes in a pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer, stirring to ensure even cooking, until a thin-bladed paring knife or a metal skewer inserted into a potato can be removed with no resistance, 25 to 30 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water and drain again. Cool slightly.
Cut warm potatoes into 3/4-inch dice with a serrated knife. Layer them in a bowl, seasoning with vinegar, salt and pepper as you go. Cut eggs, celery and pickle in 1/4-inch dice and thinly slice scallions. Add to potatoes, along with parsley. Stir in mayonnaise and mustard until everything is combined. Chill, covered, before serving.

Fantastic!

I am trying to get into eating salads again, but i usually get bored really quickly. What are some salad recipes you make at home that i can try.

southwestern salad
bacon
corn
lettuce
red onion
eggs hard boiled sliced up
cheese shredded cheddar
black beans
sliced chicken blackened ..is how i do it..you can use rotisserie one.
mix/….. cilantro ,tomato and onion yes more onion its like a little salsa mix i just layer these things down the salad.
then i take avocado and ranch and mix together for south western feel..
its yummy!!

greek salad
variety of lettuces not romaine..
sliced red onion
cucumbers
feta cheese
grape tomatos
variety of olives….
vinagerette..

Last Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law found a macaroni salad recipe off a box of macaroni and cheese and it was very simple. we lost it, but i do remerber it called for a sm. jar of pimentos. I think also some sugar, sm. white onion, mayo, and a little prepared mustard. If anyone out there has a mac. salad recipe similar to this please answer.

This is how I make it.

1 lb box of macaroni, cooked by directions on box, rinse in cold water, and drain
1 small jar of chopped pimentos, drained
1/4 cup of diced green bell pepper
1/4 cup of diced sweet onion
2 chopped hard boiled eggs
1/2 cup of diced celery
1/4-1/2 tsp of prepared mustard
1/4 tsp of sugar
salt and pepper to taste
I prefer to use Miracle Whip salad dressing, but have mixed M.W with Helman's mayo before. Mix ingredients and then add to macaroni. Add enough salad dressing, to coat all ingredients. If you use only mayonnaise, you may want to add just a tablespoon or two of milk to thin. It depends on your taste, but you can add more of the listed ingredients, if you want. You can add diced american cheese if you wish to the salad. I prefer it without.

Anyone have any recipes for potato salad, I want to use russet potatoes, not new potatoes or red ones. I'm pretty good at cooking, but for some reason I have never attempted to cook this, probably cause it's my favorite and I'm worried I'll screw it up. We're going to the fair this weekend and I'd like to take some with us. Thanks.

Cook the potatoes till done with the skins on then put them in cold water to chill them and take the skins off.
If you peel them first I would cook them in the microwave with just a little water on the bottom of the bowl.
If using 6 potatoes:
3 or4 hard boiled eggs, cooled and chopped
mix up about 1 cup of mayonnaise
2 stalks of celery chopped
some chopped onion, to taste
2 tablespoons of mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Mix this mayo mixture into the potatoes, add more mayo if needed to make it creamy.
This is my favorite recipe for potato salad.
You could use miracle whip instead of mayo if you like it but no one in my family likes it.
Sometimes I leave out the onions.
You can put it in a bowl and slice up some hard boiled eggs on top and put on some parsley sprigs if you want to make it fancy.
Keep it refrigerated.

i don't like pineapple so recipes that don't include it would be great and is the salad good to store in the fridge for a few days? i also think walnuts or some type of honey oat cluster or something sounds good…any recipes you know like that?
what is waldorf salad? what is in it and how much?
no, not the kind with lettuce

Waldorf Salad #1

Ingredients
1 medium Granny Smith apple, cored and coarsely chopped (1 cup)
1 medium pear, cored and coarsely chopped (1 cup)
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup halved seedless red grapes
1/2 cup toasted walnut pieces
2 kiwifruits, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced
1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/3 cup lemon-flavor yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
Lettuce leaves (optional)

Directions
Toss together apple, pear, celery, grapes, walnuts, and kiwifruit slices in a large bowl. Stir together the mayonnaise or salad dressing, yogurt, and honey in a small bowl; fold gently into fruit mixture. Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours. Serve on lettuce leaves, if desired.

Waldorf Salad #2

Ingredients
2 cups chopped apples or pears (2 medium)
1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/3 cup slivered almonds or chopped pecans, toasted
1/4 cup celery
1/4 cup dried red tart cherries or raisins
1/4 cup seedless grapes, halved
1/3 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing

Directions
In a medium mixing bowl toss chopped apples or pears with lemon juice. Stir in nuts, celery, cherries or raisins, and grapes.

For dressing, in a chilled, small mixing bowl whip the cream to soft peaks. Fold mayonnaise or salad dressing into the whipped cream. Fold dressing into fruit mixture. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.

For a fresh fruit salad, use your favorite combination of any of the following fresh fruits:

Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Grapes - both green and red
Strawberries
Blueberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Orange segments
Sliced bananas
Apples
Pears
Peaches
Pitted cherries
Mango
Papaya
Kiwi
Star Fruit
Shredded coconut or coconut flakes
Granola clusters
Chopped pecans or walnuts

Sprinkle a few tablespoons of fresh lemon juice over the fruit to keep the fruit from turning brown and serve as is or with whipped cream, yogurt or sour cream dabbed on top.

SAC