I am not a salad fan. I like lettuce in a bowl with some croutons, cheese, bacon bits, nuts and some dressing-that is a salad in my eyes. I don't like potato salad, fruit salad (unless it is naked fruit in a bowl and I can pick out the pieces I like) or most other salads, other than my popcorn salad. This however has won me over. I first had it at one of our 'girls nights' with my friends Casey and Megan. I recently had it two weeks ago at a baby shower and emailed Machelle when I got home asking for the recipe. I have made it twice in the last two weeks-and ate about 75 percent of it myself. The recipe makes A LOT. I cut it in half the first time, then as I read the recipe, the vinegar to sugar/mayo ratio was easy to divide out, so I made a smaller batch the second time so the cukes didn't get mushy after 3 days.Summer Salad (from Machelle-and Megan too)
2-7 ounce boxes of ring pasta, cooked and rinsed in cool water
2 cups diced cucumbers
2 cups diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1 bunch green top onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup vinegar
1-1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 cup mayo (not Miracle Whip)
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg (I didn't use since Machelle didn't use)
Mix all together and refrigerate over night.
Or dig in after 2 hours with a huge fork, which is what I did!I also cheated and used those shredded carrots-just chopped them all up-works great.
I feel the need for some more wine: Drama Queen is going to prom and Hermit Crab now has a boyfriend and wants to bring him home at semester break to meet us. I have already stated that statistically she will meet her future hubby in college, and I forbid her to move to his hometown. Since he lives in the Northwest Territories, like 5 million miles from Minnesota. She made circling motions next to her head while talking to me. At least I'm sure she did-we were texting-but I know she did.
Where is that corkscrew?
7 comments:
Sounds like hermit crab is turning into a real drama queen...
I've been there, god help you... I am sure you will need it
you know this reminds me of a salad i saw on diners, drive ins & dives. it was a kicked up mac salad with grated cheddar cheese. well i searched for the recipe on foodnetwork site, found it and fell in LOVE with it. the photo i took was horrid so i never posted it, but the salad was amazing. it was full of fat and flavor....but what isn't? ha ha
Are you drinking yet? Ohh I am not looking forward to all this teenage drama!!!
Love the salad.looks perfectly light and yummy
Leslie, my hubby was concerned for my well being so stopped and got me beer :) But the prom-going youngest found a dress for $17 at Macy's-crazy! But then proceeded to spend the rest of the cash I gave her on other stuff.....gotta go grab another cold one....
1 1/2 cups sugar? Really? WOW! That must be one sweet salad!
I really like a lot of salads, but pasta salad isn't usually one of them. It's pretty though :-)
for a split second, i thought cheerios were involved and i was flummoxed. :) nope, i've never seen ring pasta except in spaghetti-o's, but they work quite nicely in your salad!
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