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Melt in Your Mouth Macaroni Salad
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 10
This macaroni salad is garden-fresh tasting with its unique blend of shredded carrots, cucumbers, and radishes. The buttermilk dressing has a garlicky dill flavor. This was clipped out of Ladie's Home Journal magazine about 20 years ago.
Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced garlic
3/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1/8 teaspoon red pepper sauce (tabasco)
8 ounces elbow macaroni
1 cup shredded carrot
1 bunch radish, halved and sliced
1 cucumber, peeled, quartered, seeded, and sliced (use spoon to hollow out the seeds)
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1/4 cup chopped parsley
3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (i've only used fresh) or 1 tablespoon dill weed (i've only used fresh)
Directions:
1. Dressing:.
2. In large bowl whisk all ingredients until smooth.
3. Pasta salad:.
4. Cook macaroni according to package directions just until tender.
5. Drain and rinse under cold water.
6. Add to dressing.
7. Add remaining ingredients and toss well.
By RecipeOfHealth.com