Dad's Working Man's Macaroni Salad

4.6
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Beef bologna and American cheese make a heavier macaroni salad for a man's perspective. Good, and always gets snarfed up wherever I take it.

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Prep Time:
30 mins
Cook Time:
10 mins
Additional Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 hr
Servings:
10
Yield:
10 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups elbow macaroni

  • 6 slices American cheese

  • 4 thick slices beef bologna

  • 5 hard-cooked eggs, diced

  • 6 sweet pickles, diced

  • 1 large stalk celery, diced

  • ½ large green bell pepper, seeded and diced

  • 1 small red onion, diced

  • 1 ½ cups low-fat creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip Light®)

  • 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard

  • ground black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain and cool under running water until chilled. Transfer to a large salad bowl.

  2. Stack American cheese slices alternating with bologna slices and cut into 1/2-inch dice. (Stacking helps prevent cheese from sticking together.) Mix bologna and cheese into macaroni and stir in hard-cooked eggs, sweet pickles, celery, green bell pepper, and red onion. Mix thoroughly.

  3. Stir creamy salad dressing and mustard into the salad and season with black pepper. Cover salad and chill in refrigerator until serving time.

Cook's Note:

If holding salad in refrigerator for more than about 2 hours, mix in extra creamy salad dressing and mustard mix as the macaroni will absorb a lot overnight in the fridge.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

331 Calories
18g Fat
30g Carbs
11g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 10
Calories 331
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 23%
Saturated Fat 7g 33%
Cholesterol 137mg 46%
Sodium 838mg 36%
Total Carbohydrate 30g 11%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Total Sugars 12g
Protein 11g 23%
Vitamin C 7mg 8%
Calcium 121mg 9%
Iron 1mg 8%
Potassium 177mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.