Cheddar-Macaroni Salad

Submitted by iewe7726

"This is from Better Homes and Gardens. I love macaroni salad, but cheese makes everything better! :) Prep/cook time does not include chilling time. Can easily be doubled for larger get togethers."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 cup elbow macaroni
• 3⁄4 cup cheddar cheese, cubed
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1⁄2 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 1⁄3 cup onion, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise or 1/4 cup salad dressing
• 1⁄4 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish

directions

1. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain macaroni and rinse with.
2. cold water. Drain again.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine cooked macaroni, cheese, celery, green bell pepper, peas, and onion. Stir gently to combine.
4. For dressing: Mix mayonnaise or salad dressing, sour cream, milk, pickle.
5. relish, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Toss dressing with macaroni mixture.
6. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours. If necessary, stir in a small amount of additional milk.

Reviews

[Valerie C.]

I've been looking for a recipe that tasted like the sour cream and cheddar macaroni salad that we sold at a deli are used to work at. I think I found it! I did make a couple changes – I used plenty of dill relish instead of sweet, and I used both green onions and white onions. I also threw in some onion powder and black pepper. I over salted it a bit so I threw in a teaspoon of sugar to offset that, and it came out delish! Who knew? ??Thanks for sharing! ??

 

[heather.munchinsky]

Yummy! My sister and I were looking for a good basic macaroni salad recipe. We like all the veggies in this one but we made some changes. We added green onions instead of white onions. We also added a red pepper as well as a tin of kernel corn. To give it a bit more taste we added a couple more tablespoons of dill relish as well as dried dill to taste. Thanks!

 

[Kat's Mom]

Delicious! I subbed 1/2 of a large sweet red pepper for the celery & the green pepper. I used Cracker Barrel sharp white cheddar cheese, but would use the orange type next time to make the salad more colorful. I used chopped fresh scallions, both the white part and the green tops for the onion. Don't forget to add some freshly ground black pepper if you like. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sam 3]

Great simple salad! None of us like cold salad so we ate it as soon as it was mixed. I left out the peas and added some chicken. I also added about 3/4 tsp dill weed to the dressing. Great stuff! DH didn't even notice the relish (which he claims to hate!) This is going into my tried and true cookbook!

 

[TheGrumpyChef]

I absolutely love this salad! I skipped the pickle relish but added every thing else. I will be making this again, and again, and again. Thanks for sharing!