Featuring fresh tomatoes, roasted corn, olives, and fresh herbs, this macaroni salad is the perfect vegetarian side dish for your summer cookout fare. There’s just a hint of curry in this vegetarian recipe — you can omit it if you’re not a curry fan, or add more if you want a more pronounced curry flavor.
Summer Macaroni Salad
Omit the eggs to make this recipe vegan.
Serves 8
Ingredients:
- 2 cups elbow macaroni
- 2 small ears of corn, roasted or grilled until lightly browned
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 1 celery stalk, minced
- 1/4 cup minced sweet pickles
- 3 hard cooked eggs, peeled, chopped
- 2/3 cup vegan mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons honey mustard
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions:
- Cook macaroni in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water in a colander. Set aside.
- Use a sharp knife to remove roasted corn kernels from the cobs. Transfer corn kernels to a large bowl.
- Add macaroni and remaining ingredients to bowl and mix well.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to overnight before serving.
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I have a question, Vegan don’t eat egg but pasta is make with eggs, I don’t understand, can you explaine me please??? I want to be a vegan but I’m confuse.
Homemade pasta is often made with eggs but the dry pasta you buy at the supermarket is usually egg-free. Regardless, always read labels on all products you buy to be sure they are vegan-friendly.
Dry pasta from your local supermarket is not made with egg. Only fresh spaghetti, linguinie, fettucine is usually made with egg.
this recipe isn’t vegan. vegetarian, sure, but not vegan. it calls for “3 hard cooked eggs, peeled, chopped.”
Well aside from the pasta, the recipe calls for chopped eggs! Hahaha….Vegans don’t eat eggs…not good!
If you read the recipe intro, it indicates that this is a vegetarian recipe.