Recipe : Bacon Macaroni Salad
      This delicious macaroni salad is so fantastic because it includes bacon! It has a tasty, tangy salad dressing and includes bell peppers, hard-boiled eggs, celery, carrots and sweet pickle relish. It's terrific for potlucks, summer barbecues and holidays like Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. Gluten free.
Prep Time : 20 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes 
Serve : 15
Ingredients :
- 12 oz. pkg. gluten free elbow macaroni rotini, bow-tie pasta or sea shell pasta
 - five slices bacon crisp-fried and broken into chunk-sized pieces (left one slices for topping)
 - 1 cup miracle whip
 - 2 tbsp. sugar
 - 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
 - 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
 - 4 hard-boiled eggs peeled and chopped (leave one sliced for garnish)
 - 1 red bell pepper (diced)
 - 1 yellow bell pepper (diced)
 - 1 orange bell pepper (diced)
 - 2 ribs celery (diced)
 - 3/4 cup matchsticks carrots (cut in half)
 - 1/4 cup red onion (diced)
 - Paprika as favored to sprinkle over top of salad
 - 1/8 tsp. dill weed as desired
 - 1/8 tsp. celery seed as desired
 - Salt and pepper to taste
 
How To Make :
- Hard-boil eggs for 3 mins.
 - Remove from heat and let it chill for 15 minutes.
 - Peel eggs and slice.
 - Leave some slices for topping and dice remaining eggs.
 - Set aside.
 - Cook macaroni according to package instructions.
 - Rinse in cold water to stop enzymatic process.
 - Set aside.
 - Meanwhile, fry bacon and drain on paper towels.
 - Smash into bite-sized pieces.
 - Leave the one slice of bacon for topping.
 - Set both parts of bacon aside.
 - Chop bell peppers, celery, carrots and onion.
 - Combine cooked macaroni, bacon (except that reserved for topping), bell peppers, celery, carrots, onion and sweet pickle relish.
 - Gently sprinkle with salt and pepper.
 - combine mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, sugar, apple cider vinegar, celery seed and dill weed.
 - Combine dressing ingredients with macaroni ingredients.
 - Pour into salad bowl.
 - Sprinkle with paprika.
 - Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices and Bacon pieces.
 
Recipe Source : Bacon Macaroni Salad


