This is a good recipe to make when you need to feed a crowd. I made this for the 4th and thought I would pass it on. Maybe you can use it for Labor Day!
For the macaroni salad, boil the pasta of your choice. I went the traditional route and used elbows. Add diced red onion and celery.
Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon.
Add about 1/2 cup of mayonnaise and 1/3 cup of sour cream. The amount depends on how much pasta you've made.
Add some salt, pepper, granulated garlic, chopped fresh parsley and celery salt. Add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dijon mustard.
Mix it all together.
Sprinkle the top with celery salt and refrigerate.
This was the first time I made these so I followed the directions exactly. Next time there are a few things I would change. Buy some regular hot dog buns.
Spread them with mayonnaise.
Then spread them with whole grain mustard.
You can make trays and trays of these if you have a large crowd.
The recipe called for store bought chili. This was the first time I ever bought store bought chili and it is the last time I ever will. Even though I added some additional spices to it, it was pretty awful. Next time I would just make my own in advance.
The recipe also called for putting the relish on the bottom of the bun before adding the hot dogs. Next time I would either drain the relish first or add it to the top. I used dill relish and sweet relish and it made my buns soggy. Ewwww....soggy buns!
Jam the hot dogs together like this in a pan.
Spread on chili and sprinkle with diced onions.
Top them with shredded cheddar and cover the pan with tin foil. Bake them in a 250 degree oven for 45 minutes.
These disappear pretty fast so make sure to make enough.
Simple picnic/party food. This would be good for tailgating too. Football, Fall, cool weather....a girl can dream can't she? I don't know about the rest of you but this endless freakin' 98 degree weather with 90% humidity is not my idea of fun.
Kids love these.Thank you for all the good wishes for Teddy. Taking her to the big teaching hospital was making me nervous and I have scheduled her for an appointment at our local veterinary hospital early tomorrow. Hopefully she will have the surgery done close to home. I'll keep you posted!
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