Monday, August 15, 2011

Bean salad with pasta

Ingredients:

·         1 packet rotini pasta, cooked 
·         1 cans kidney beans, draines
·         1 can garbanzo beans, drained
·         1 can corn kernels, drained
·         1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
·         1/2 cup mayonnaise
·         1 2 ounce jar diced pimento
·         1/2 tsp black and white  pepper, salt to taste

Preparation:

Cook pasta combine with beans, and corn in large bowl. In small bowl, stir together dressing, mayonnaise, pimento salt and black pepper. Pour over pasta mixture. Chill for at least 2-3 hours before serving.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Potato and macaroni salad


Ingredients
·         1 packet elbow macaroni
·         4 potatoes boiled and diced.
·         2 cup mayonnaise
·         1 large green onion
·         2 carrots chopped fine
·         3 large hard-boiled eggs
·         3 stalks celery, chopped fine
·         2 teaspoon mustard
·         Salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation
1.      Cook the pasta. Rinse in cold water.
2.      Cook the potatoes and dice them into 1/2 inch cubes.
3.      Rough chop the eggs and other vegetables.
4.      Mix everything in one big bowl.
5.      Chill at least two hours in the refrigerator.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Macaroni salad


Ingredients
1 Packet Macaroni
1/4ts Pepper
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Mustarad
1 ts Sugar
2 ts Green Onion
1 Cucumber Chopped
1 Bell Pepper
1 ts Oil
2 1/2qt Boiling water
Vinegar

Preparation
In large uncovered Dutch oven cook macaroni in boiling water, cooking oil and salt until tender but firm, about 8 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water. Drain well. Return macaroni to pot. Combine next 6 ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well. Add to macaroni. Toss together well. Turn into serving bowl. Chill for one hour or more.