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Macaroni and Cheese Salad

Macaroni and Cheese is an all time comfort food, when it hot, cheesy and ready for any meal. Children love it and sometime only food they will eat. So give the kids a treat and have macaroni and cheese with vegetables. They need their vegetables too.

This is an old favorite summer recipe I recently found in an old cookbook box. Macaroni and Cheese is easily made and a real keeper without the mayonnaise to worry about on an outdoor picnic. It is also very good for a week night dinner.

Macaroni and Cheese Salad

Macaroni and Cheese Salad

Julia Ann
Macaroni and fresh vegetables with a spicy cheese and mustard dressing. A good dish for picnics and carry-ins; will become your summertime favorite.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Refrigeration 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course Salads
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 74 kcal

Equipment

  • Large kettle to cook macaroni
  • Large bowl to prepare salad

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ cups dry macaroni
  • 4 cups water
  • ¼ cup celery diced
  • ¼ cup carrots shredded
  • ¼ cup yellow onion, diced
  • ¼ cup green pepper diced
  • ¼ cup pickle relish sweet relish
  • 1 10½ can cheddar cheese soup
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp vinegar cider or wine
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon prepared mustard Dijon mustard an option
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper
  • 1-2 tbsp black olives sliced

Instructions
 

  • Bring water to boil, add macaroni to boil 9 to 10 minutes.
  • Drain macaroni, put in bowl and cool in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Chop vegetables.
  • Mix soup and seasonings, beat with mixer until well blended.
  • Add vegetables and the dressing into macaroni.
  • Option to decorate with sliced black olives on top before chilling 8 hours

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 126mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 712IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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Macaroni and Cheese Salad
Favorite Picnic Fare: Macaroni and Cheese Salad

I am always planning a full meal with whatever dish I will be serving. With the macaroni and cheese salad, think of a casual menu such as Barbeque chicken wings, a green salad and Platte County Pie.

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Let me know if you try the Mararoni and Cheese salad.

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Peanut and Vegetable Linguine

 

More and more recipes are for meatless Monday and for vegetarian meals.  In the last few months vegetarian recipes are common at our mealtimes.  I have 3 vegetarian cookbooks that give me new ideas.  The food communities are an abundance source of recipes, menus and ideas.   Peanut and Vegetable Linguine was a new recipe to try for our meatless Monday.

The Peanut and Vegetable Linguine was our dinner this last Monday.  It turned out to be a winner.  I followed the recipe exactly. However, as many of you find, a new recipe is created because you do not have the right ingredients.  This recipe was changed from an oriental flair to a more Mediterranean cuisine.

Pasta is thought to be of Mediterranean cuisine as well as fresh vegetables and nuts.  This recipe uses whole grain linguine, a variety of vegetables sautéed in olive oil, topped off with black olives and roasted peanuts.  Peanuts are a good source of vitamin B biotin, copper, manganese and vitamin E as well as providing the heart-healthy monounsaturated fat.  As with all healthy diets, give consideration to the portion size and total calories.

Peanut and Vegetable Linquine

Peanut and Vegetable linguine

Peanut and Vegetable Linguine

Julia Ann
A recipe for a meatless Monday meal of healthy whole grain pasta, fresh vegetables and peanuts for a bit of Mediterranean cuisine.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Pasta, Vegetables &amp
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 7 ounces of whole grain linguine

Instructions
 

  • Prepare linguine to the package instructions and drain well.
  • Heat the 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet.
  • Saute onion, garlic and ginger until softened.
  • Add the chopped vegetables, cook over medium heat 10 minutes.
  • Add the roasted peanuts.
  • In a small bowl, prepare the dressing, adding all the dressing ingredients, except herbs and olives.
  • Whisk together.
  • Add the pasta to the vegetables.
  • Pour the dressing, olives and herbs over pasta and vegetables.
  • Toss together blend flavors; heat through.
  • Serve immediately.

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Vegetable Fusilli Salad

Vegetable Fusilli Salad

Vegetable Fusilli Salad

Vegetable Fusilli Salad

Vegetable Fusilli Salad, Netta Belle' Choice

Julia Ann
A cool salad in the summer and a winter treat with hot sandwiches in the winter to enjoy the fresh vegetables.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 57 minutes
Course Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 8 ounces dry tri-vegetable fusilli pasta

Instructions
 

  • Cook the fusilli according to manufacturer's directions.
  • Rinse in cold water and refrigerate to cool before assembling salad.
  • Blanch asparagus in boiling water for 11/2-2 minutes until tender but firm.
  • Rinse in cold water; refrigerate to cool.
  • Dice and slice the onion, olives and tomato.
  • Put all ingredients into a large bowl.
  • Mix all ingredients of the Basil Red Wine Vinaigrette in a jar, shake to mix.
  • Heat the vinaigrette slightly to dissolve the sugar if needed.
  • Pour the Vinaigrette over the pasta and vegetables.
  • Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
  • Spinkle parmesan cheese over the salad before serving.

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Waiting for another snow storm to come into the midwest.  Winter is getting long!  Looking forward to have pasta salads with fresh vegetables from the local farmer’s market.  Although it will be awhile, this salad would be great with pulled pork sandwiches.

 

Vegetable Fusilli Salad Plate

Vegetable Fusilli Salad Plate

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Green Beans, Red Potatoes and Pasta

Green Beans, Red Potatoes and Pasta

     Fresh green beans from the garden are crisp, delicious seasoned with oil, lemon, pecorino romano cheese, and herbs. Many cook fresh green beans ‘all day’ with bacon or ham and maybe with potatoes.  The idea was canned and overcooked green beans were  best!  My thoughts of frozen green beans just didn’t have the right taste.

     Seasoned potatoes, steaming pasta and warm fresh bread are considered comfort foods in times of stress.  Foods higher in carbohydrates causes changes in the brain; serotonin, a brain chemical for giving feelings of well-being, is increased. Stress drains the serotonin in the brain giving rise to negative feelings.  Coffee, chocolate, and sweets are first thought for stress, however the sense of well-being is short-lived with a sugar-high, blood sugar level drops leaving frazzled. feelings.*  Green beans are rich in nutrients of folate, manganese and vitamins: C, K, A, B6.  Pasta is a complex carbohydrate as potatoes.  They are digested slowly providing energy over long period of time.³

Green Beans, Red Potatoes and Pasta

Green Beans, Red Potatoes and Pasta

Green Beans, Red Potatoes and Pasta

Julia Ann
A comfort food dish of pasta and fresh green beans and red potatoes and light sauce.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Vegetables and Pasta
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 6 quarts of water

Instructions
 

  • Bring water to boil in large kettle.
  • Add green beans, bring back to boil 6 minutes.
  • Remove with a slotted spoon, drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking.
  • Set beans aside.
  • Add potatoes to same water, cook until soft.
  • Remove potatoes with slotted spoon, drain and set aside.
  • Add pasta to vegetable water cook per package instructions.
  • When al dente, save 1 cup pasta water.
  • Drain pasta and rinse briefly with cold water
  • Heat olive oil and butter in 12-inch skillet.
  • Cook onion, garlic and celery until soft and onion translucent.
  • Add green beans, potatoes and pasts to skillet.
  • Sprinkle seasonings, except cheese, and pasta water over and stir to blend,
  • care not to mash potatoes.
  • Simmer to heat through.
  • Pour into serving dish or serve from the skillet.
  • Sprinkle the cheese over the vegetables and pasta.

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Serve a simple salad: spring lettuces, tomato, avocado, green onion and black olives with your favorite salad dressing.

Tomato Avocado Salad

                      Tomato Avocado Salad

Reference:
*Yeager, Selene and the Editors of Prevention®, 2007. The Doctors Book® of Food Remedies.  New York: Rodale, Inc. (Yeager 2007, p. 6

 

 

 

 

 

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(July 19, 2013)