Macaroni Salad Yo

I found a really good Macaroni Salad recipe a few years back and rediscovered how much I like it over the weekend. 

It's light, and yummy and a perfect side for your next BBQ.

My noisy little helper.

Macaroni Salad

(From Martha Stewart)

1 pound (16oz) Elbow Macaroni

2 red bell peppers (cored, seeded, diced)

1 orange bell pepper (cored, seeded, diced)

1 English cucumber (peeled, diced)

1/3 cup chives (snipped)

1 1/2 cups good quality mayo

Juice from 1 lemon

Salt and Pepper

 Cook pasta until al dente (about 6 minutes).

Drain and run under cold water.

Transfer to a large bowl.

Heat up cooking spray (if you want the truth, I used Olive Oil) into a small frying pan, add red peppers and cook until they are soft and the skins are blackened. 

Remove from pan and wrap in a paper towel and allow to sit for 5 minutes.

Add to pasta.

Add orange pepper, cucumber, chives, mayo, lemon juice, Salt and Pepa, er I mean pepper.

Mike asked if I meant to make the Irish flag.

Ummmm, sure did!

(BTW I used regular ol' cucumber.)

Toss to combine.

Place in the fridge until you are ready to serve.

Enjoy!