Fancy Pasta or Potato Salad

This recipe can either be made with your favorite macaroni shape pasta or you can use for a tasty pototo salad. I got this recipe from the Southern Magazine years ago when I first started cooking. I just changed the elbow macaroni to the ditalini (small tube shape) macaroni and added dill relish.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1  cup  ditalini, cooked and drained (pasta- small tube macaroni) or 2  cups potatoes, diced, cooked and drained
• 4  slices  cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1⁄2 cup celery, diced
• 1⁄4 cup green peppers or 1⁄4 cup  red pepper, diced
• 1⁄4 cup onion, diced
• 1  tablespoon  dill relish
• 2  teaspoons dill weed or 2  teaspoons  dill seeds

• Dressing

• 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 1  tablespoon ketchup
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1  tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1  teaspoon sugar

Directions

1. Cook macaroni according to pkg. or potatoes. Drain well.
2. Combine in large bowl, cooked macaroni (or potatoes),bacon crumbles, celery, onion, green or red peppers, and dill relish.
3. Add dill weed or dill seeds and stir well.
4. In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, ketchup, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper and sugar. Stir well.
5. Pour dressing over macaroni salad or potatoes and stir to combine.
6. Chill 30 minutes to 1 hour before serving.
7. Note: Using macaroni, this will last a week in the refrigerator. Also this has the best flavor a day are two after making.
8. You may also serve warm but its best chilled.