Melt in Your Mouth Macaroni Salad

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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.

by Roxygirl in Colorado·published 2006-02-12

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Potluck

Servings

10 serving(s)

Total time

40 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

159 kcal

Ingredients (15)

serves

1 cup buttermilkbuttermilk
1/2 cup mayonnaisemayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juicelemon-juice
1 teaspoon saltsalt
2 teaspoons Dijon mustarddijon-mustard
1 teaspoon minced garlicgarlic
3/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepperpepper
1/8 teaspoon red pepper sauce (Tabasco)
8 ounces elbow macaronimacaroni
1 cup shredded carrotcarrot
1 bunch radish, halved and slicedradish
1 cucumber, peeled, quartered, seeded, and sliced (use spoon to hollow out the seeds)cucumber
1/4 cup sliced green onionscallion
1/4 cup chopped parsleyparsley
3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (I've only used fresh) or 1 tablespoon dill weed (I've only used fresh)dill

Instructions (7 steps)

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