It’s Secret Recipe Club reveal day again!
This month my blog assignment was Eliot’s Eats – After reading the about me page I found out that the blogger behind Eliot’s Eats wants to be anonymous. I did find out that she loves to travel, I’d guessed this from reading through the blog, the pictures made me so jealous of all the great places she’s been!
It took me ages to decide what I wanted to make as there was so much to choose from, but I finally decided on this Macaroni Salad. It sounded absolutely delicious and I’m so glad I made it because it really is delicious! I left out the capers as I don’t like them, but other than that I followed the recipe and I’ll definitely be making it again as it went down so well with the other half as well!
The Perfect Macaroni Salad
Ingredients
- 10 oz macaroni pasta, I only had spirali!!
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
- 1/4 cup dried tomatoes
- 2 tbsp diced onion
- 8 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped into small chunks
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions and then drain. Leave to one side whilst you assemble the rest of the salad.
- Place the ketchup, mayonnaise, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper into a food processor and blitz to combine.
- Place the tomatoes, onion, bacon, chopped eggs and pasta into a large bowl.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and mix until well combined. Place in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Will keep covered in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Eliot's Eats - http://eliotseats.com/?p=10649
Annie is a self-taught baker, recipe developer and food photographer. When not in the kitchen, she can be found with her head in a book or jotting down recipe ideas! 
Looks Delish!
I have made this before! Love Eliot's Eats…it's one of my favorite blogs!
What a wonderful pasta dish! The dressing looks great, creamy, yet tangy. And, I'm a big fan of sun-dried tomatoes!
Glad to meet you and glad you picked this pasta. The original recipe came from an OLD cookbook (circa 1978), Cook’s Collage by the Junior League of Tulsa. It was originally attributed to the wife of the local newspaper's founder. I only tweaked it a bit using the dried tomatoes and capers. I want to try it with fresh tomatoes this summer. Glad you liked it!
Pasta salad that involves bacon, yes please!
Thank you! 🙂
I'll definitely be making it again, it was delicious! 🙂
Sun dried tomatoes are my favourite! This was really great, so glad I made it! 🙂
Nice to meet you too 😀 Thanks so much for such a wonderful recipe! The dried tomatoes were an amazing addition, gorgeous bursts of flavour! We absolutely loved it! 😀
Haha, that's what I said when I first saw the recipe!! 😀
mmm I recently started eating pasta salad a year or so ago and I've really come to love it. This looks fantastic!
First off your photos are simply beautiful and I like that this salad isn't doused in mayo!
I am a big fan of Mac and Cheese…This salad looks very inviting and the photos are simply gorgeous!
I just love pasta salads and I'm intrigued by the sauce…especially the ketchup! Can't wait to try it.
What a great recipe and looks super tasty. Glad to be part of SRC group C with you!
Awesome recipe that I know my family will love. So glad you shared
Oh man, I love macaroni salad and this looks amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
Mmmm macaroni salad- love the addition of ketchup. Sounds great!
That looks super delicious. I love that kind of noodle.
A very different recipe for mac salad, but it looks yummy!
That looks yummy! I'm going to try it, but with the capers 😉 Thanks for sharing this on Foodie Friday
Very intriguing combination of ingredients… may have to give this a go.
Annie, I just love Macaroni and can't wait to try this. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
I love macaroni salad. Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday!
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Sounds delicious, and I am always looking for new salads to try!
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Wow does this look good! I love macaroni salad. I'll be featuring you tomorrow on Show & Share Wednesday. Have a great day!
I'm really intrigued by the ketchup in the sauce. It is not something I normally think of in a potato salad. I can see it adding a nice little sweetness though. Thanks for sharing on Thursdays Treasures.
I love macaroni salad and always make the same one…..which nowadays I find is just too creamy. This recipe sounds very well balanced with the ketchup and olive oil. It might just be my new go to macaroni salad recipe!
As much as I love pasta, this is the first time I've had pasta salad, I always have it as a dinner, but it was so great I'm definitely converted!
Thank you so much 🙂 And that was one of the reasons I chose it, I like mayo, but I don't like my food to be completely covered in it!
Thanks so much 🙂
I was too, but it's such a great sauce, just enough tang and sweetness!
Thanks so much 🙂
Thank you 😀
Thank you very much! 🙂
Thank you! I am a complete ketchup addict 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Thank you, hope you enjoy it! 🙂
I thought that too, but they really work! 😀
Thanks so much 🙂
I'm a convert now, had never tried it before this! 🙂
Thanks so much, looking forward to sharing more recipes with you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
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I wasn't sure it would work, but it really adds a little something extra! 🙂
Embarrassingly this is the first time I've had macaroni salad, but I'm now converted haha! This has a really good balance of flavours 🙂
This is such a yummy looking macaroni salad! Thanks for linking up this post to The Best Blog Recipe’s Weekend re-Treat #9!
I know I’m running a little bit behind in pinning but I wanted to stop by and pin your image to My Link Parties Craft/DIY & Recipe Boards while I was here.
Hope to see you link up again at the party this weekend! It just went live on the blog not too long ago
Shauna
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