{"id":49,"date":"2009-08-19T13:16:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T13:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.95.25.178\/recipes\/2009\/08\/creamy_macaroni_salad\/"},"modified":"2009-08-19T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T13:16:50","slug":"creamy_macaroni_salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/recipes\/2009\/08\/creamy_macaroni_salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Macaroni Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

adapted from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favourites<\/i>
\nWhile we try to vary our menu from week to week, there are, of course, a few family favourites that recur pretty frequently \u2013 lasagne<\/a>, Dr. T\u2019s very excellent pizza, and the chili posted below<\/a>. These, and a few other stalwarts, show up every two or three weeks without fail.
\nThe other regular item on the menu is the macaroni & cheese<\/a>, which Colin now makes pretty much all by himself (see? Having kids can<\/i> pay off!). We have this mac & cheese every week, usually with a couple of very good friends and some trashy TV. It is a good, good thing.
\nThis past week, however, temperatures hit the mid-thirties, and coupled with our traditional high humidity, the weather just wasn\u2019t good mac & cheese weather, no matter how amazing the mac & cheese. My very smart friend, and frequent attendee of the weekly mac & cheese night, Aurora<\/a>, suggested pasta salad instead \u2013 so Colin went looking, and found this recipe in the Moosewood Low-Fat Favourites<\/a> (which, incidentally, I strongly recommend. TONS of great recipes, mostly vegetarian (Moosewood has apparently decided that fish are vegetables), and reasonably easy on the diet.). We made a few modifications, and ended up with a salad that was unanimously lauded:<\/p>\n


\nPasta: 1 box whole wheat macaroni (14 oz. uncooked)
\nCream sauce:
\n1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
\n1\/2 cup olive oil mayonnaise (or low-fat)
\n2 tbsp cider vinegar
\n2 tbsp olive oil
\n2 garlic cloves, minced
\nSalad:
\n4 cups broccoli florets, steamed for 5 minutes
\n1\/2 cup chopped cucumber
\n2 stalks celery, chopped
\n1 large onion, chopped
\n2 medium dill pickles, chopped
\nTop with:
\nfresh dill
\n2 cups cherry tomatoes
\nInstructions:
\n1. Prepare the pasta according to package directions – you want relatively firm, al dente, pasta. Rinse in cold water and set aside.
\n2. Combine all the sauce ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth, and set aside.
\n3. Mix the pasta with the other salad ingredients, then mix in the sauce. Chill for at least 20 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

adapted from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favourites While we try to vary our menu from week to week, there are, of course, a few family favourites that recur pretty frequently \u2013 lasagne, Dr. T\u2019s very excellent pizza, and the chili posted below. These, and a few other stalwarts, show up every two or three weeks … <\/p>\n

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