27 Saturday Mar 2021
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Every plate lunch in Hawaii includes a scoop of Hawaiian Style Macaroni Salad. It’s very basic, but that’s what makes it so good.
In Hawaii the plate lunch is their most popular dish. Yes, the poke bowl is a close competitor, but every road side stand, food truck, and hole-in-the-wall restaurant offers a plate lunch.
Classically your ‘plate’ will include a protein, then they add two scoops of white rice and a generous serving of this macaroni salad.
It’s a carb lovers dream!
07 Wednesday Oct 2015
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Basil, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, elbow macaroni, garlic, ground beef, mushrooms, onion, oregano
Perhaps the dish I remember most from my childhood is Beefaroni. Not the canned type, but Homemade Beefaroni, that I think we had every week. It’s affordable, easy to prepare, family friendly, and so delicious. For that reason I consider this a comfort food recipe.
Continue reading »09 Wednesday Apr 2014
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Tuna Mac with Peas. A family favorite comfort food. A blog is after all a place to share memories.
I couldn’t recall how it came to be that Tuna Mac with Peas became such a favorite with my sister and I….so I called her and asked her. Her earliest recollection dated back to when we were about 7 and 10. It was our Baby Sitter Dinner.
Continue reading »26 Wednesday Mar 2014
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bacon, black olives, celery, eggs, elbow macaroni, mayonnaise, scallion, tomatoes
In an era of gourmet pasta salads…you know the ones, with over the top ingredients, exotic herbs & seasonings, and pasta varieties that make you go hmmm…is there room for a good ol’ Macaroni Salad?
Completely rhetorical. Hell yes there’s room!! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE every kind of pasta. I appreciate and (on occasion) aspire to create a unique and intriguing ‘Pasta Salad.’ Yet they will never make me as happy as Macaroni Salad does.
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