Newlywed in the Kitchen Recipe #15: Mom's Macaroni Salad

The next few Newlywed in the Kitchen recipes are going to be the dishes I contributed to our Easter dinner.  They all went over very well with everyone and were pretty quick, easy, and painless to make!  So in addition to the usual Boy from Texas comments and rating, you'll have some guest appearances by those at Easter lunch.

This is one of my favorite things my mom cooks.  It's easy, but seriously so good.  I especially like it in the summer when it's hot and it's hard to think of a food that sounds good.

The Boy from Texas Rating:  3    My rating:  5  Cousin Swiss Mister's rating:  4

The Boy from Texas Comments:  I don't like macaroni salad, but this isn't bad.

Cousin Swiss Mister Comments:  I've never really had such a dish before.  Macaroni salad.  How do I compare this to nothing?

Mom's Macaroni Salad

(My mom makes a massive bowl of this.  I halfed this recipe for Easter and that was still more than enough for 7 people).

10 oz macaroni
4 stalks celery, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
Chopped ham {I buy it already diced, but you could buy deli ham and dice your own.}
12 oz jar of Mayo
Squirt of mustard
2 tsp. sour cream
Salt
Pepper
Celery Seed  {I only had celery salt, it worked fine.}

Boil and drain macaroni.  Rinse with cold water and put in bowl.  Add all other ingredients to the bowl.  Stir well and refrigerate.

If you plan to east left overs, my mom says it dries out a bit, so you can just mix up some more of the mayo, mustard, sour cream, and spices dressing and add to it.  I didn't do that and ate it the next day with no problemos.