I highly recommend using real mayonnaise, but if you prefer the taste of Miracle Whip, you can use that instead. I love mayonnaise but hate Miracle Whip, which has less vegetable oil and isn’t qualified to be called mayonnaise (hence it’s called salad dressing). The ingredients are real mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip), yellow mustard, vinegar, sugar, and smoked paprika.
However, Amish macaroni salad has a sweet and tangy dressing. When I mention this recipe, I’m often asked the difference between Amish macaroni salad and regular macaroni salad.īoth versions use cooked pasta, hard boiled eggs, and a creamy mayonnaise dressing. Cook the pasta, whisk together the dressing, toss, and done.Īnd since typically macaroni salad makes tons of serving, I made small batch pasta salad, which makes about 4 servings or so. Now I make my own, which is really easy to do. I have no clue if it’s only PA Walmarts or if all Walmarts sell it, but their macaroni salad is based off of an Amish recipe. I have grown up eating this from the Walmart deli. If there is one thing I’m glad they invented, it’s their macaroni salad.Īmish macaroni salad? What is that, you ask. However, I have seen Pennsylvania Dutch (dress like the Amish but believe in technology) near where I went to college and at the zoo on the carousel. Pittsburgh’s side of the state isn’t really Amish country it’s more towards the Lancaster area. Even when I was at Kate Voegele’s concert, her opening act was amazed she saw Amish people. When I was in Ireland, I learned the first thing people think of when I tell them I’m from Pennsylvania is the Amish.
No picnic is complete without this sweet and creamy Amish Macaroni Salad! This recipe is similar to Walmart’s Amish Macaroni Salad with a tangy dressing made of mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, sugar, and smoked paprika.