This is not a regular macaroni salad, it’s a cool macaroni salad!

If you look at the recipe, you’d be surprise how simple this salad is. You would also be surprised how tasty it is. Aaaand, you’d be shocked to know how much mayonnaise you’d be using😂.

Macaroni salad is a classic BBQ, pot-luck, get-together staple! In Hawaii, we call it mac salad, and it’s in almost every plate lunch. It’s so creamy and flavorful, I promise you y’all will love it.

To make this deliciousness, you’ll need: elbow macaroni pasta, mayonnaise, potatoes, eggs, salt & pepper, garlic powder. THAT’S IT!

Just because it’s Hawaiian, don’t even try to add pineapples in it😬. That’ s only for pizza. Really. No. Pineapple. lol

You could add some carrots/cabbage/onions though, the key is to keep it very very simple. Don’t do anything fancy. Don’t be bougie.

In cooking, a lot of people think that adding more stuff would make the food taste better. But, that’s not necessarily true. I think that goes the same with humans, too, right? Even if you buy more things and surround yourself with fancy people, that doesn’t mean that you’d be happy. That doesn’t mean that you’d achieve well-being. It’s good to be an authentic self, and that’s something that would help you develop meaningful encounters and a more wholesome life. There’s a study that speaks on this point. They found that high income is not correlated with happiness, meaning that having high income does not necessarily make people happy even though their thoughts about their life says otherwise (Kahneman and Deaton, 2010). People would always seek more and better.

So, please. I think I made my point very clear. Keep this mac salad very simple.

If you guys are interested in reading the article, I linked it above!

Anyways, here you go😌

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Mac Salad

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time40 minutes mins

Total Time50 minutes mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Hawaiian

Servings: 10 people

Ingredients

• 1/2 box elbow macaroni
• 2½ cups Hellman mayonnaise (half vegan mayonnaise and half plain greek yogurt could work, too!)
• 1 tbsp garlic salt
• 3-4 potatoes
• 1 tsp black pepper (I put more than this)
• 4 boiled eggs
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

• Boil potatoes and peel the skin once boiled (use a toothpick to see if they're cooked). Set them aside.
• Boil water, add salt, and cook macaroni until done (preferably NOT al dente)
• In the meantime, make some boiled eggs (leave eggs in the boiled water for about 8 minutes).
• Once macaroni is done, cool it with water and put them in a large bowl.
• Cut boiled potatoes into small pieces and add them into the bowl.
• Cut eggs into small pieces and add them into the bowl.
• Add mayonnaise, garlic salt, and pepper into the bowl and mix them all together.
• Sprinkle some paprika on top (optional).