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July 1st, 2006 at 11:12 am

I am going to an impromtu family reunion today. The instructions are to bring a tritip and a side dish to share with all. So I let my mom take care of the tritip part. I myself am bringing vegan boca burgers. As for the side dish, I am making a vegan macaroni salad. I don’t plan on telling anyone it is vegan. Let’s see if it can fool the masses (he he). I just had a bite and it should unless my mom goes running around telling everyone it is vegan.
Anyway, here is the recipe:

24 ounce bag small elbo macaroni
1 small jar sweet relish
1 cup vegenaise
1 tbsp mustard
2 stalks celery
1 yellow onion
1 can whole black olives
1 teaspoon salt
Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add macaroni noodles and cook for 10 minutes, or until tender. Drain and rinse a couple of times with cold water. Chop up onion, celery and olives and put in a large bowl. Add relish, noodles, vegenaise, mustard and salt. Mix together and let chill for a couple of hours.

BTW, the family did love the stuffed zucchini last night. One quick note, don’t use any rice milk in the mashed surprise version, it didn’t need it. The mashed surprise was the family favorite. As predicted, my mom stated something to the effect of, and if someone wanted to hearty it up a bit they could even add chicken . . . and if I was making it, I would use real cheese. She’s so silly. But hey, to each their own, I guess.
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6 Comments »
  1. Ooooooooh, i’m so curious how it went!!

    Today i went to this Hawaiian restaurant and ordered the only veg thing there, some tofu that was awful that came with a scoop of awful sticky icky rice and macaroni salad (which of course i passed on, so they gave me two scoops of the worst rice i’ve ever had, but i was hungry so i ate it). And girl, seeing this recipe… if only they would have had this. It looks so good… i would never eat macaroni salad unless it was like yours!!

    Comment by K • @ July 1, 2006 @ 8:18 pm


  2. That pasta salad looks awesome… I’m sure that no one could tell it was vegan… I know whenever I make something with vegenaise, my husband LOVES it… (he eats meat out of the house and love real mayo).. I don’t tell him it’s vegan!

    Comment by melody • @ July 6, 2006 @ 11:13 am


  3. [...] Boy, I have been a bit out of touch this week. Had some unforeseen stressors at home, but am clear-headed again and ready to greet the world. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July (for those of us in the U.S.) I spent the day with my family (source of stressor) and we went to see the fireworks. My son had a blast and thought it was the greatest thing in the whole world. We barbecued good ole American hotdogs (okay so mine were vegan, still American as far as I am concerned). Made my macaroni salad again. Why because I really and truly did love it. Nobody in the whole world could tell that it was vegan. I had a ton of cucumbers from my garden that I needed to use so I also made a cucumber and tomato salad that was easy, refreshing and delicious. The colors were vibrant and awesome. The basil for the salad also came from my garden. I also made a mint limeade (kind of like a mohito without the alcohol). At least I enjoyed creating recipes and spending time with my son. [...]

    Pingback by The Vegan Place » Cucumber salad and mint limeade • @ July 6, 2006 @ 3:56 pm


  4. I’m trying this tonight, but I’m going to add a few scoops of mashed potatoes into the mix (the Hawaiian way) for extra texture.

    Comment by Stephanie Crosier • @ April 2, 2008 @ 3:24 pm


  5. I made this today but added a couple of crisp chopped green apples to it. That is how we ate macaroni salad when I was living in Africa. I have to say it was absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for this vegan version of an old favorite. I have been missing foods like this since I made the switch.

    Comment by Shumila • @ January 28, 2009 @ 9:46 pm


  6. Tried the recipe today. My first time ever making macaroni salad. It was AWESOME! I’ll never buy store bought again. Very easy and tasted amazing. A diabetic (like me) can replace the sweet relish (no sugar added sweet relish from Mt Olive) and enjoy many, many helpings!

    Comment by Michael • @ July 8, 2010 @ 6:21 pm


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