{"id":68,"date":"2012-08-08T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deanasimmons.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/08\/creamy-macaroni-salad"},"modified":"2012-08-08T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T22:03:00","slug":"creamy-macaroni-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Macaroni Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Makes 6 servings<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>16 oz. elbow macaroni<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 each medium red and green bell pepper<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 cup mayonnaise<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 tablespoon cider vinegar<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00bd teaspoon granulated sugar<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00bd teaspoon pepper<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 cup chopped celery<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Medium yellow onion (about 1 cup)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Cherry tomatoes, optional for garnish<\/span><\/div>\n
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Directions:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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1.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Prepare elbow macaroni according to package directions, but do not add salt. Drain macaroni in colander; place under cold running water to cool. Drain thoroughly.<\/span><\/div>\n
2.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Remove the stems and seeds from red and green bell peppers. Chop bell peppers and set aside.<\/span><\/div>\n
3.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>For dressing, in a large bowl, mix mayonnaise, cider vinegar, sugar, salt and black pepper until well blended<\/span><\/div>\n
4.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Add cooked cooled macaroni. Chopped celery, chopped bell peppers and chopped onion to bowl. Toss with dressing to coat evenly.<\/span><\/div>\n
5.      <\/span><\/span><\/span>Place salad on serving platter. Garnish with cherry tomatoes, If desired, and serve.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Makes 6 servings \u00b7         16 oz. elbow macaroni \u00b7         1 each medium red and green bell pepper \u00b7         1 cup mayonnaise \u00b7         1 tablespoon cider…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yoUc-16","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}